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3 July 2013 Last updated at 18:02 ET
France has apologised to Bolivia for refusing to allow President Evo Morales
' jet into its airspace, blaming "conflicting information".
Bolivia accused France, Italy, Spain and Portugal of blocking the plane.
It is said some people wrongly believed Edward Snowden was on board.
Speaking in Berlin, French President Francois Hollande said he granted
permission as soon as he knew it was Mr Morales' plane.
President Morales was flying back to Bolivia from Moscow when the plane was
forced to stop in Vienna.
The French foreign ministry issued a statement on the incident.
Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said: "The foreign minister called his
Bolivian counterpart to tell him about France's regrets after the incident
caused by the late confirmation of permission for President Morales' plane
to fly over [French] territory."
The episode sparked angry reactions from heads of state across Latin America.
* Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner referred to "not
only the humiliation of a sister country, but of the South American
continent".
* Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said: "I reaffirm all our
solidarity with Evo [Morales] and from Venezuela, with dignity, we will
respond to this dangerous, disproportionate, and unacceptable aggression"
* Ecuador's President Rafael Correa tweeted: "We express our solidarity
with Evo [Morales] and the brave Bolivian people."
* A statement by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said: "The
embarrassment to President Morales hits not only Bolivia, but all of Latin
America."
Demonstrators marched on the French embassy in La Paz, burning the French
flag and demanding the expulsion of the ambassador to Bolivia.
President Correa asked that the Unasur group of South American nations call
an urgent meeting over the matter.
The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose
Miguel Insulza, expressed his "deep displeasure" with the "lack of respect"
shown by the countries that denied airspace to Mr Morales' jet.
Bolivia's Vice-President Alvaro Garcia said a group of Latin American
leaders would meet in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on Thursday over the case.
Austrian officials said the airport authorities had searched the plane, but
with Mr Morales's permission.
But the Bolivian government denied any search had taken place.
The plane took off from Vienna on Wednesday morning, having landed there
late on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, France urged EU-US trade talks be delayed amid the fallout from
secrets leaked by Mr Snowden.
The talks are due to begin on Monday but claims that the US bugged EU
diplomatic offices in the US, and spied on internal computer networks, have
upset transatlantic relations. | i***z
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: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23174874
: 3 July 2013 Last updated at 18:02 ET
: France has apologised to Bolivia for refusing to allow President Evo Morales
: ' jet into its airspace, blaming "conflicting information".
: Bolivia accused France, Italy, Spain and Portugal of blocking the plane.
: It is said some people wrongly believed Edward Snowden was on board.
: Speaking in Berlin, French President Francois Hollande said he granted
: permission as soon as he knew it was Mr Morales' plane.
: President Morales was flying back to Bolivia from Moscow when the plane was
: forced to stop in Vienna.
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