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Kerry will personally discuss the incident with the Russian bomber with laurel
US Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss the incident with the flight of a Russian aircraft over the American destroyer in the Baltic Sea with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. This was stated by the representative of the State Department John Kirby, reports Reuters .
About the date of possible negotiations, the representative of the American Foreign Ministry said nothing.
The State Department noted that the Secretary of State is notified of the flights of the Russian bomber over the military destroyer of the US Navy “Donald Cook” and has all personnel and messages.
“According to his [US Secretary of State John Kerry - Slon ], they [the flights of the Russian aircraft - Slon ] are unprofessional, almost provocative and undoubtedly dangerous. I can tell you that he will raise this issue directly with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov, ”said Kirby.
US President Barack Obama will not discuss the incident with Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, the US Navy published a video of the Su-24 bomber and Ka-27 helicopter over the American destroyer. Then it was reported that aircraft "flew in the immediate vicinity of the Donald Cook vessel. A similar incident occurred on April 11, when two Russian Su-24 aircraft flew around an American destroyer located in neutral waters.
According to the American military, the planes that then flew over the destroyer were not armed with missiles, but their maneuvers were "unsafe and potentially provocative."