"We've never experienced anything like this," said Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Merkel. However, Seibert refused to criticize Iran. He simply referred the incident was "unusual".
After negotiations that lasted more than an hour and involved the Government of Turkey and the German Foreign Ministry, the plane was eventually allowed to return to its original flight path, namely through Iran to New Delhi.
Some officials in the German delegation called the incident a "coordination problem". In addition to Merkel, the plane group of businessmen and journalists there. Meanwhile, another plane carrying the ministers had landed in India without any difficulty.
Merkel and his entourage are scheduled to meet senior members of the Government of India, Tuesday, in a consultation meeting of the German-Indian Government.
"Earlier this unusual journey," wrote Seibert via Twitter. "Iran denies the right to fly aircraft over its territory Chancellor for a while. Landing late in Delhi," he added.
Last week, the European Union explicitly extend sanctions against Iran. The incident occurred after a meeting of Iranian and Indian officials in an effort to complete the breakdown of oil payments worth 12 billion dollars (Rp 102 trillion) per year. Iran to supply 400,000 barrels of oil per day to India and meets 12 percent of the country's oil needs.
Previously, Germany had allowed India to pay oil through EIH Bank, based in Hamburg. During this EIH handle international trade companies in Iran. But in early April, India to stop payment after a discussion with Merkel. Meanwhile, EIH sanctioned by the European Union.
source: reuters
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