On the morning of 19 September, three Russian navy plane violated Estonia’s airspace above the Gulf of Finland. NATO’s Air Policing property have been mobilized to escort them out of Estonia’s airspace.
France completely condemns this harmful, irresponsible incursion into the airspace of a European Union Member State and NATO ally, constituting an additional provocation on Russia’s half, in flagrant violation of worldwide regulation. This incursion into Estonia has been unprecedented for greater than 20 years. France expresses its friendship and wholehearted solidarity to the Estonian authorities and other people.
France has been immediately contributing to Estonia’s safety by deploying navy capabilities within the nation since 2017, as proven by the deployment of a French battalion. Alongside different allies, the battalion is presently conducting the multinational Exercise Pikne, and due to this fact immediately contributing to the defence of European territory.
