The foreign ministries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have issued a statement strongly rejecting disinformation efforts by Russia's Foreign Ministry over alleged use of their airspace in drone strikes on Russia.
Chargés d'Affaires ad interim of the embassies of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in Moscow issued a joint demarche at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, strongly rejecting blatantly false public statements made a week ago by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.
The diplomats reiterated clearly that none of the three Baltic states has opened its airspace for the purpose of permitting or engaging in any attacks against targets in Russia, also pointing to the joint statement by all three countries' foreign ministers made in April.
"Despite consistently communicated official position by Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania at various levels the Russian side continues to spread lies and escalate the situation. The Baltic states reject Russia's claims as completely unfounded. Incursion of drones into the airspace of Baltic States is the result of Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine," the joint statement read.
"Chargés d'Affaires a.i. also rejected other false statements about Baltic States recently made by officials of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasizing that Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania ensure full respect for the rule of law for all their residents and claims to the contrary are not supported by the facts and...
The foreign ministries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have issued a statement strongly rejecting disinformation efforts by Russia's Foreign Ministry over alleged use of their airspace in drone s...