12 September 2011

News Story: Japan urges Russia to stop bomber flights

TOKYO (AFP): Russian bombers have flown around Japan amid a territorial dispute, Tokyo's new Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Friday, calling on Moscow to refrain from "provocative" military action.

Gemba said he expressed Tokyo's concern about the flight of two Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers around the Japanese mainland Thursday, in a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

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