DHAKA: Colombia is preparing a letter of protest to Russia after two Russian bomber planes twice entered the Andean nation’s airspace without authorization when flying between Venezuela and Nicaragua last week.

Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Wednesday.

Santos said the two planes crossed Colombian airspace on Friday flying from Venezuela to Nicaragua. They re-entered Colombian territory on their return journey but flew out of the zone when intercepted by two of Colombia’s Kfir military planes.

‘As they are military and government planes, they needed to request permission but didn`t. We have simply requested that the foreign ministry make the respective notification to the Russian government,’ Santos told reporters after a government meeting on security issues.

Military sources told media the planes were Russian-made Tupolev Tu-160 bombers flying from the Venezuelan coastal city of Maiquetia to Nicaragua’s capital, Managua.

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