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German Chancellor Angela Merkel - AFP.
Iran temporarily withdrew flyover rights on Tuesday for a plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to India, forcing it to circle over Turkey for almost two hours before restoring the rights.
"We have never experienced anything like this before," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said. He declined to criticise Iran but said the incident was ‘unusual to say the least’.
A Reuters journalist travelling with Merkel said Iran withdrew the rights, which had been granted previously, just as the plane entered Iranian air space.
After more than an hour of negotiations, involving Turkish authorities and Germany's foreign ministry, the plane was allowed to resume its flight path over Iran to New Delhi.
Officials in the German delegation travelling with Merkel attributed the incident to ‘coordination problems’. The plane, carrying a large group of industry representatives and reporters, landed two hours late.
I don't think that Iranians have done something willfully, as India and Iran have always enjoyed warm relationships, never mind the differences on a few issues. This hitch, obviously, was due to some misunderstanding between Germany & Iran.
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