German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday had to interrupt a visit to Djibouti after her government plane was forced to fly to Saudi Arabia instead as it lacked a permit to fly over Eritrea, a delegation source and local media said.
Djibouti was the first stop of Baerbock's three-day trip to East Africa, where she is scheduled to hold talks on the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Kenya and South Sudan are the next destinations on the agenda.
Last August Baerbock's planned weeklong trip to the Indo-Pacific region had to be cancelled due to repeated mechanical issues with her government plane.
Reuters
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