French Embassy in Nigeria expressed on its official site Sunday that Russian business plane kept in Nigeria on Saturday did not convey any weapon or ammo.
LAGOS, December 8 (Ooduarere) – Russian business plane kept in Nigeria on Saturday, did not convey any weapon or ammo, the French Embassy in Nigeria posted on its official site Sunday.
“Contrary to some press reports, there was absolutely no weapon, and no ammunition on board the aircraft,” the embassy’s statement said.
Emulating the checks, the air ship heading to Njamena, Chad, was permitted to seek after its flight, the consulate expressed.
Prior, it was accounted for that the Russian payload plane flying from the Central African Republic (CAR) to Chad and convey two French helicopters, was confined by the Nigerian dominant presences in the city of Kano after crisis arriving. The Nigerian reviewers chose to check the flight arrange, the freedom and the load show of the flying machine.
Regarding the military equipment found on board, French embassy stated that using
“chartered flights of various nationalities for military cargo transport” was a standard international practice, which reduces the cost of such transport operations.
“The use of Russian companies to transport French military equipment is common practice,” the statement emphasized.
As noted in the announcement, moving military helicopters in the middle of CAR and Chad was a piece of the French commitment to battling terrorism in the area.
Meanwhile Russian embassy said earlier that French peacekeeping mission in Chad chartered the Russian plane with Russian crew to transport the cargo detained in Kano.
He confirmed that the cargo on the plane belonged to French peacekeepers. The press attache said that the French peacekeeping mission in Chad had chartered the Russian plane with Russian crew to transport the cargo. The Russian side has nothing to do with the cargo, according to Romanov.
On Saturday, Nigeria detained a Russian cargo plane en route from the Central African Republic to Chad that, according to the embassy’s Twitter account, carried military equipment belonging to France.
French Embassy claims No Weapon on Board Russian Plane Detained in Nigeria
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