Paris summons Russia ambassador over 'false' aviation claim

[WorldNews]

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France's foreign ministry summoned Russia's ambassador Tuesday after Moscow mistakenly accused a French military jet of flying "dangerously close" to a plane carrying a parliamentary delegation, a spokesman said. French foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said that the department's secretary general Christian Masset summoned Russian ambassador Alexander Orlov over the accusation which has caused a diplomatic spat between Moscow and Paris. "He told him that no French military plane was involved as the Russian foreign ministry mistakenly claimed," said Nadal.

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