Russia’s ambassador in Sweden has been ordered to appear in the ministry of foreign affairs in Stockholm on Monday to accept a protest over an incident in the airspace over the Baltic sea earlier in the week.

Here flew a Russian fighter jet with a distance of only 20 metres to a Swedish surveillance aircraft. It enlightens the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs.

In a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs called it, that you look seriously at the matter.

the Incident occurred in the beginning of the week in international airspace, when the Swedish aircraft was on a rutineflyvning of the Baltic sea.

It was between Gotland and the Baltic states, as the Russian aircraft, a SU-27, which was relieved from Kaliningrad, laid close to the Swedish aircraft.

The Russian aircraft had approached the with great speed – with overlydsfart, it says.

According to Swedish television (SVT) had the Russian aircraft taken close encounter the first time out for the baltic coast. But there was even a touch further to the south, when the Swedish aircraft was approaching Kaliningrad.

– The first contact was out of the Baltics. Then followed the us down a bit, and then gave the drop on us, told the chief of staff of the air force, Anders Persson on Friday.

the Ministry of foreign affairs in Stockholm has now studied the report and assessed that there was a serious incident.