Today, 10 July 2026, Chargés d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassies of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in Moscow made a joint demarche at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, strongly rejecting blatantly false public statements from 4 July 2026 by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Mikhail Galuzin.
Chargés d’Affaires a.i. repeated clearly once again that Baltic States have not opened their airspace for the purpose of carrying out any attacks against targets in Russia, pointing out also to the joint statement by their Foreign Ministers on 10 April of this year. Despite consistently communicated official position by Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania at various levels the Russian side continues to spread lies and escalate the situation. The Baltic States reject Russia’s claims as completely unfounded. Incursion of drones into the airspace of Baltic States is the result of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.
Chargés d’Affaires a.i. also rejected other false statements about Baltic States recently made by officials of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasising that Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania ensure full respect for the rule of law for all their residents and claims to the contrary are not supported by the facts and represent a deliberate attempt by Russia to spread disinformation.