Officials said the plane entered Danish airspace on Friday evening east of the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm before flying into Swedish airspace.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Russian ambassador is summoned to the foreign ministry tomorrow,\u201d the Danish foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, tweeted on Sunday, referring to a \u201cnew Russian violation of Danish airspace\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Swedish foreign ministry also said the Russian ambassador would be summoned in Stockholm.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere exist established procedures for this kind of case. It concerns notably summoning the representative of the implicated nation to the foreign ministry,\u201d it said in an email.<\/p>\n
Kofod added that it was \u201ctotally unacceptable and particularly worrying in the current situation\u201d, alluding to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with Nato, of which Denmark is a member.<\/p>\n
Henrik Mortensen, a Danish defence command press officer, told AFP on Sunday about the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a reconnaissance plane that was in our airspace for a very brief moment. Two Danish F-16s immediately intervened,\u201d Mortensen said, adding that such incidents were rare.<\/p>\n
Denmark is a member of Nato, unlike Sweden, where a debate is taking place over whether it should abandon its non-aligned status and join the alliance.<\/p>\n
Questioned by the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, the Swedish defence minister said there was no proof that the breach was linked to current discussions on Stockholm eventually joining Nato.<\/p>\n
Russia has already signalled that Stockholm and Helsinki, which is also contemplating membership, should consider the consequences of such a move for bilateral relations and Europe\u2019s overall security architecture.
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