Tu-95 did not break the rules when flying over the Pacific Ocean - Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian bombers Tu-95MS, circling Japan in neutral airspace, acted in strict accordance with international rules, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday in a telephone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemboy.
According to the information department of the Japanese Embassy in Russia, the conversation of the foreign ministers was initiated by the Japanese side.
On Friday, reports appeared in the Japanese media with reference to the country's ministry of defense that the day before two Russian Tu-95MS bombers had flown around Japan, without violating its airspace. Bombers entered neutral airspace near Nagasaki and then flew from south to north to the Pacific Ocean. In the airspace over the sea in the area of the cities of Wakkanai and Kushiro on the northern island of Hokkaido, they were joined by two Il-78 refueling aircraft, which made refueling in the air, after which all four aircraft flew towards Russia.
In turn, the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense for the Air Force, Colonel Vladimir Drik, stated that all flights of the air forces of the Russian Federation were and are being carried out in strict accordance with international regulations on the use of airspace over neutral waters.
"Lavrov expressed his position, stating that there are no problems in the actions of the Russian armed forces from the point of view of international law, after which he declared his readiness to provide information through the competent departments," the release says.
At the same time, the head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry thanked Russia for their assistance after the powerful earthquake that occurred in Japan on March 11. As a result of the tragedy, the number of dead and missing in the country exceeded 19 thousand people.
Gemba also expressed his condolences in connection with the crash of the Yak-42 aircraft near Yaroslavl on September 7. In turn, Lavrov congratulated Gemba on assuming the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in early September and expressed condolences over the damage caused to Japan by the recent typhoon Talas, which killed 50 people.
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