UK tells Russia: We will not accept unlawful interference with innocent passage


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  • Thursday, 24 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday that it would not accept unlawful interference with innocent passage at sea, and that its navy would uphold international law, in a written statement to parliament following a warship confrontation with Russia.

"The Royal Navy will always uphold international law and will not accept unlawful interference with innocent passage," defence minister Ben Wallace said in the statement.

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