”The border violations lasted between one and four minutes. We cannot determine whether this was done intentionally or due to navigation errors. Regardless of the reason, this is not acceptable, and we have made it clear to the Russian authorities”, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) in a press release, where the three incidents are listed:
On April 25, a Russian Su-24 aircraft flew into Norwegian airspace northeast of Vardø for four minutes.
On July 24, a Russian L-410 Turbolet aircraft flew over an uninhabited area along the land border in Øst-Finnmark for three minutes.
On August 18, a Russian Su-33 fighter jet flew over sea areas northeast of Vardø for one minute.
”The incidents in Norway are smaller in scope than the violations against Estonia, Poland and Romania, both in terms of location and duration. They are still incidents that we take very seriously”, says Støre.
