According to TASS, on board the plane were members of the Russian delegation and journalists of the “Kremlin pool”, who were sent to France for negotiations between Russian and French leaders Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron.
When the plane entered Swiss airspace, fighters took to the air and escorted it for some time at an altitude of 10.6 km, located on both sides of the aircraft.
With an escort: The Swiss Air Force fighter approached a Russian plane with a delegation and journalists flying to France as part of Putin's visit pic.twitter.com/gWfFvgfhGH
- Dmitry Smirnov (@ dimsmirnov175) August 19, 2019For some time, the Swiss Air Force fighters “drove” the “Russia” board over its territory, and then, having escorted to the border with France, retired.
Peskov, commenting on what happened, noted that this is not the first such case.
"That's not bad. We sent a note, and the Swiss responded that it was such an act of hospitality, ”he said.
In the fall of 2016, Swiss military aircraft accompanied the Russian delegation for several minutes, which flew to the APEC summit in Peru.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the escort escort Swiss escort aircraft.