Taipei: The government's decision to withhold information about a plan by President Ma Ying-jeou to make a refueling stopover in the Indian city of Mumbai en route to Africa was based on an agreement with the Indian authorities, Foreign Minister Timothy Yang said Monday, dismissing criticism that it was a case of deliberate deception.
Yang said the step was aimed at building mutual trust with India and ensuring that "nothing unexpected happened."
Ma's plane landed the previous day at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai for refueling before continuing onward to the African continent for Ma's three-nation state visit to Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Swaziland.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously announced that Ma's plane would stop for refueling in Dubai, but the change to India was found out by the media only at the last minute.
09/04/12 CNA/Focus Taiwan
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