PM's plane barred for 'security'
28/04/2007 08:57  - (SA)  

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Warsaw - The plane carrying Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on a working visit to Qatar and Kuwait was barred from flying over Iraq "for security reasons" and turned back, Warsaw officials said on Saturday.

"The plane was turned around for security reasons. A new date for the visit will be settled through diplomatic channels," government spokesperson Jan Dziedziczak was quoted as saying by the PAP news agency.

An official in Kaczynski's cabinet, Andrzej Sados, said: "The (air traffic) control services for one of Iraq's internal zones did not give its go-ahead for the crossing.

"The plane had to turn back and landed in Ankara (Turkey)."

After a six-hour wait, the premier decided to put off his visit and the aircraft returned to Warsaw.

Kaczynski, accompanied by his defence and economy ministers, had hoped to discuss co-operation in the energy and naval production sectors in Qatar and Kuwait.

 

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