Friday, September 19, 2014

Strong protest against Russian violation – Swedish Dagbladet

Strong protest against Russian violation – Swedish Dagbladet

– You can not say whether it’s a misunderstanding or mistake, says Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (M).

The Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Friday to protest against the two Russian aircraft on Wednesday violated Swedish territory south of Öland.

– We’ll see if it gets any reaction from the Russian side, we regard it as serious. I have been Secretary of State for eight years and we have not had any reason to have a protest of this nature at this level at any time in eight years, said Carl Bildt said.

The plan was of type Su-24.

– It’s reconnaissance and attack aircraft. It was an updated version, called M2, which has good technical equipment for position determination, says Gabor Nagy, tactical air director at the Armed Forces.

The plan was from Kaliningrad and came from the south. Sweden had an eye on them in the “good time” before the violation, according to Nagy. A Swedish plane was already in the air were used to identify the Russian plan.

– When discovered they made a shallow turn east and left the Swedish territory.

It is not uncommon for foreign plan violates Swedish airspace.

– Most people are misunderstanding or mistake. This is not it. Can not say whether it’s a misunderstanding or mistake, says Carl Bildt.

TT: Why do you think Russia is acting like this?

– You could speculate, but we have seen a more aggressive military behavior on their part. However, this is surprising, I think.

Bildt was informed of the incident on Thursday morning by the Minister of Defence. In the afternoon a meeting was held at the Foreign Ministry, where a representative from the Social Democrats took part. Armed Forces was tasked with quickly produce a report that could be the basis for the diplomatic marker that was then.

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