The Swiss Ministry of Defence commented on the incident involving the Russian aircraft.

The Swiss Defence Ministry said that the fighter jet flying the Swiss flag near the plane carrying the Russian delegation to Peru for the APEC summit was a routine inspection, according to Reuters.

The Swiss Ministry of Defence commented on the incident involving the Russian aircraft.

The Swiss Defence Ministry stated that two F/A-18 fighter jets flew close to the Russian aircraft for seven minutes in Swiss airspace, Reuters reported.

The ministry added that such flights are carried out around 400 times a year to inspect foreign government aircraft. "It's like police patrolling the streets, checking vehicles to make sure they haven't been stolen," the news agency quoted a representative from the Swiss Ministry of Defence as saying.

Yesterday, in Swiss airspace, Swiss military aircraft flew dangerously close to the Russian delegation's plane for several minutes. They approached the Russian aircraft at an unsafe distance – one of the fighter jets flew so close that not only could the Swiss flag on the tail and the tail number J-5024 be clearly seen, but the pilot's face was also clearly visible.

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