News @ 3 - 29th Oct 2019

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on Tuesday dismissed New Delhi’s complaint against Pakistan’s refusal to grant Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the permission to travel to Saudi Arabia, Firstpost reported.

The Indian publication quoted the ICAO’s spokesperson saying, “The Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention), which ICAO helps governments to cooperate under, only applies to the operations of civilian aircraft and not to state or military aircraft.”

He further elucidated that flights carrying state leaders are labeled as state aircraft due to which they do not fall under ICAO provisions.