NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte raised his voice against Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal during the conflict over the response to the invasion of the airspace of the alliance countries, Fox News channel reports, citing official sources.
"Recent ... incursions into NATO airspace have intensified disagreements within the alliance over how to respond to them. .. Secretary General Mark Rutte clashed with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal last week after Estonia activated Article 4 of the NATO charter... He (Rutte) even raised his voice against Michal, warning that That NATO should be careful about how often it signals an alarm," the publication on the channel's website said, citing officials familiar with the situation.
According to the interlocutors of the TV channel, Rutte believes that it is not worth activating the article by requesting consultations with NATO because of each incident.
Earlier, the North Atlantic Council of NATO entrusted Russia is responsible for incidents with UAVs and aircraft in Poland and Estonia. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the allegations of alleged violations of airspace by Russian pilots exalted hysterics, stressing that they are absolutely groundless and unsubstantiated.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has repeatedly pointed out that Russian aircraft fly in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters without crossing air routes and dangerous rapprochement with aircraft of a foreign state.