New Delhi: The government has refused permission to a Japanese military aircraft to pick up relief material from the UNHCR depot in India, even as it said it had allowed it by commercial Japanese aircraft. The government said it has also approved an overflight clearance for Japanese defense aircraft carrying humanitarian cargo. Ukraine,
Japanese media quoted a local MP as saying that India has refused landing permission for a military relief plane, the foreign ministry said. JapanThe request to collect supplies using a commercial aircraft was granted.
“We had received a request from Japan for permission to land in Mumbai to collect humanitarian supplies from the UNHCR depot for Ukraine and its neighboring countries. We have conveyed our approval to take such supplies from India using commercial aircraft,” said spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“We had also received a request for overflight clearance for Japanese SDF aircraft carrying humanitarian cargo to Ukraine. It was processed and approved as per established norms,” the official said.
The officials were responding to reports from Tokyo that India had refused a Japanese Self Defense Force aircraft to land in the country. The flight, apparently a Japanese military C-2 transport plane, was to collect relief materials from India and to Ukrainian refugees in Poland and Romania.
A Japanese government official told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that India had agreed at a work stage to allow the transport plane to land, but “suddenly withdrew its consent on Wednesday.”
The report quoted an MP as saying that “some of those attending the LDP policy meeting accused the government of failing to take into account the possibility that India, which is heavily dependent on the Russian military and energy supplies, may reject the plan”.
While India has not yet condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Japan has imposed sanctions on Russia And earlier this week revoked Russia’s most favored nation status. With whom did Japanese PM Fumio Kishida raise the issue of Ukraine in his summit meeting recently? PM Narendra Modi and urged them to persuade Russia to follow a ‘free and open international order’.
Japanese media quoted a local MP as saying that India has refused landing permission for a military relief plane, the foreign ministry said. JapanThe request to collect supplies using a commercial aircraft was granted.
“We had received a request from Japan for permission to land in Mumbai to collect humanitarian supplies from the UNHCR depot for Ukraine and its neighboring countries. We have conveyed our approval to take such supplies from India using commercial aircraft,” said spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“We had also received a request for overflight clearance for Japanese SDF aircraft carrying humanitarian cargo to Ukraine. It was processed and approved as per established norms,” the official said.
The officials were responding to reports from Tokyo that India had refused a Japanese Self Defense Force aircraft to land in the country. The flight, apparently a Japanese military C-2 transport plane, was to collect relief materials from India and to Ukrainian refugees in Poland and Romania.
A Japanese government official told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that India had agreed at a work stage to allow the transport plane to land, but “suddenly withdrew its consent on Wednesday.”
The report quoted an MP as saying that “some of those attending the LDP policy meeting accused the government of failing to take into account the possibility that India, which is heavily dependent on the Russian military and energy supplies, may reject the plan”.
While India has not yet condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Japan has imposed sanctions on Russia And earlier this week revoked Russia’s most favored nation status. With whom did Japanese PM Fumio Kishida raise the issue of Ukraine in his summit meeting recently? PM Narendra Modi and urged them to persuade Russia to follow a ‘free and open international order’.