He claimed reason for the denial was that the Russian authorities had requested the passage for a civilian jet, not the military one.
The press secretary indicated that transits of military jets should be coordinated 72 hours before their effectuation.
Shoigu attended a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of an uprising against the Nazis in the Slovak city of Banska Bystrica.http://en.itar-tass.com/world/747299
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“The Russian delegation was warmly welcomed in Slovakia, remembering what contribution our country made to the cause of the liberation of Slovak people from Nazism,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “But on the way back, an outrageous incident happened - the Polish side, which had given permission for the Russian plane to overfly to Slovakia, refused to let it fly back to Moscow, allegedly for technical reasons.”
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