Qatar Informs UN About Second Emirates Military Airliner Violating Its Airspace

The State of Qatar has sent two messages to the United Nations Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council on a UAE military airliner flying from the airspace of the United Arab Emirates to the Kingdom of Bahrain, violating the airsp…

The State of Qatar has sent two messages to the United Nations Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council on a UAE military airliner flying from the airspace of the United Arab Emirates to the Kingdom of Bahrain, violating the airspace of the State of Qatar at 10:10 am, Wednesday, January 3 2018.

In a letter sent by the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, HE Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, drew the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council to a UAE military airlift carrying induction code (DHC 6) coming from the UAE airspace bound for the Kingdom of Bahrain to enter the airspace of the State of Qatar, at 10:10 am, on Wednesday, January 3 2018 , flying over the Special Economic Zone of the State of Qatar, without prior authorization of the competent Qatari authorities.

Source: MINISTRY OF FOREGIN AFFAIRS