Slovakia: Russia "perfectly entitled" to fly over Baltic Sea - Carl Bildt

SOT, Carl Bildt, former Swedish Prime Minister (English): "Well I think that's been misinterpreted to a certain extent. They weren't testing our defences. They were flying over the Baltic. They are perfectly entitled to do that. It's international air space." *BUG AT SOURCE* Russia was not "testing defences" by flying near Sweden's airspace, the former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said at the Global Security Conference in Bratislava on Saturday. Bildt added that Russia is "perfectly entitled" to fly over the Baltic Sea, as it is "international air space." The question was posed to the former prime minister following a remark by Swedish authorities on Friday that the increased operations of the Russian Air Force in the Baltics is a burden on Swedish Air Force's operations. The 10th annual Global Security Conference opened on June 19 and will run till June 21.