Japan Requests Explanations After ‘Russian’ Plane Enters Airspace

SputnikNews.com
16.09.2015

Tokyo sought explanations from Russia after it scrambled four fighter jets to intercept a foreign aircraft – believed to be Russian – which briefly violated its airspace, government officials said Wednesday.

“I don’t even want to comment on the protest allegedly lodged by Japan… With the plane’s nationality still unknown, what kind of a protest can we talk about?” a source at the Russian embassy in Tokyo told RIA Novosti news agency.

“The Japanese side asked us to clarify the situation and we are checking the facts now,” the source added.

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