Foreign Ministry: Qatari claim on violation of its airspace by four Bahraini fighters is irresponsible and baseless.

Manama, Dec.24 (BNA): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain affirms that the Qatari authorities ’claim that four fighters from the Royal Bahraini Air Force have violated their airspace on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, is irresponsible and baseless. The ministry states that on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, a military drill involving two F-16 aircraft from the Royal Bahraini Air Force and two from the US side took place in the designated military exercise area in the airspace of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of a joint military exercise between the two friendly countries. It says that around the end of the exercise and precisely at 15:50, the four planes headed together towards the skies of the Kingdom of Bahrain, crossing the airspace of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia eastward to land at Isa Air Base. The ministry affirms that this is the usual exit route from the military drill area towards the airspace of the Kingdom of Bahrain and that on their way back, the aircraft have not used the Qatari airspace as the Royal Bahraini Air Force fighters always perform their sorties in a professional manner making sure not to penetrate the borders of other countries .