Estonia calls for Russian diplomat over border dispute.
Estonia's chargé d'affaires at the Russian embassy has been called in for a meeting due to the removal of buoys indicating the shipping route in the border river, Narva.
During this meeting, the diplomat was told that such actions were viewed as "provocative" and "unacceptable" by Estonia. Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated this on Friday. Estonia is pressing for explanations regarding the disappearance of these markers and their immediate return.
On the night of Thursday, Russian border guards removed 24 buoys from the Narva river, which was being used by Estonia to mark the shipping route. Narva is the border between the two neighboring countries and serves as the eastern external border of the EU and NATO as well.
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The Estonian government is demanding an explanation from the Russian Chargé d'affaires about the border incident involving the removal of 24 buoys marking the shipping route in the Estonian-Russian border river, Narva. Despite the distance between the two neighboring countries, actions like this river border buoy removal are seen as provocative and unacceptable by Estonia.
Source: www.ntv.de
