Tunis warns East Libya government and rejects use of its airspace.

Al-Qasaba, 02.04.2015 (Lana) Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tunisia, Al-Tyab Al-Bakouish underlined that his country warned the government of eastern Libya about its rejection of using its airspace for fighting. This was in response to the violation of Tunisia airspace by Hafter warplanes Wednesday evening. Bakouish said he assigned minister of state for Arab affairs to summon the east of Libyan envoy to Tunis to warn and underscore Tunisia's rejection of using its airspace in fighting, according to Tunisia news agency. The Tunisian minister explained at a press conference that the warplane was Hafter's Mig 23 and was in mission to fight Libya Dawn fighters on Tunisia borders. He said the warplane was not intending to attack Tunisia and remained only few seconds before being intercepted by a Tunisian fighter forcing it to flee. Tunisian Ministry of Defense spokesman Lt. Col Belhassn Al-Wassalti stated yesterday evening that Defense radars identified unknown warplane on its way from Libyan territories to southern eastern Tunisian borders speeding at 660 km / hours and at an altitude of 3000 meters and has no identification symbols. He explained that Tunisian fighters intercepted the unidentified warplane and forced it to flee after incursion of 4 kilometers into Tunisian territories. =Lana=