London [United Kingdom], Mar 31 (ANI): Russia has accused the United Kingdom (UK) of searching its plane belonging to Aeroflot at London-based Heathrow Airport.
According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova the British authorities did not state a reason for the alleged search, which she branded as “the latest provocation,” reported Sky News.
The Russian embassy in Britain, in a statement said,”Border Force and Customs officers have searched the aircraft that was conducting the Aeroflot flights 2582 / 2583, Moscow – London – Moscow. This kind of event is extraordinary.”
The UK has denied such allegations.”We are aware of a story circulating on social media. Please be advised that Metropolitan Police are not conducting a search of an Airbus inbound from Moscow at Heathrow,” The Metropolitan Police tweeted.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>We are aware of a story circulating on social media. Please be advised that Metropolitan Police are not conducting a search of an Airbus inbound from Moscow at Heathrow.</p>— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) <a href=”https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/979775265193775104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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This comes when the bilateral relationship between both India and UK has strained over the spy row. (ANI)