The government should immediately convene the security council (BR) of the NATO Air State after another security incident in the airspace of the NATO Member State. In response to an event in which Russian fighters disrupted the airspace of Estonia, Ivan Korčok from PS said it.
At the same time, he thinks that the cabinet is afraid to call Br. “He is afraid of Moscow, because this step would have to be explained by the government, it is also afraid of people’s reactions, because it would be found, its state is disintegrating not only in the economic area, but also in the field of safety. And he is afraid to convene the BR also because the fairy tale about the missing system of the S-300 air defense would be completely disintegrated, ”says Korčok.
According to him, the convening of BR would confirm the real interest of the government to take care of the security of the country. “The result of the convening of the BR would have to be that Slovakia, like Poland or Estonia, would apply for a consultation under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty and the government could ask the Allies to address our situation,” He pointed out.
NATO announced on Friday (19 September) that it captured Russian aircraft over the Estonian territory – this is the third similar incident on the Eastern Wing of NATO last week. According to the Estonian army, three MiG-31 fighters on Friday without permission entered the airspace of Estonia by the island of Vainloo in the Baltic Sea and stayed there for a total of 12 minutes.
In response, Estonia has applied for consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty, which allows Member States to convene negotiations if they feel endangered in territorial integrity, political independence or security.
The Kremlin denies that Russian aircraft would disrupt Estonian airspace. According to Moscow, machines flew over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Juraj Blanár (Smer-SD) expressed full support for Estonia on Friday and the incident described an unacceptable violation of sovereignty and international law. “We support the consultations that Estonia has applied for under Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, ” He added the head of Slovak diplomacy.
