Sputnik - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin said Saturday that he plans to meet with Moldovan President Igor Dodon on August 5 at the inauguration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran.

OSCOW (Sputnik) — On Friday, a Russian S7 airlines plane with Rogozin on board, bound for the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, was prevented from flying over the territory of Romania due to the fact the official was on a sanctions list.

Over 160 passengers, including 11 children, were on board. The airplane landed on an aerodrome in Minsk to refuel and contact the Russian authorities regarding further actions. After that, Rogozin returned to Moscow.
"We will be together with him at the inauguration of the new Iranian President Rouhani in Tehran and we plan to meet with him on the sidelines of these celebrations. Of course, there will be a serious talk, we need guarantees, more patience, and we can no longer trust in the guarantees of these narrow-minded nationalists. We need clear guarantees that will ensure a normal dialogue," Rogozin told Rossiya-24 broadcaster.


The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed strong protest to Romania in connection with the ban by Bucharest authorities on the entry of a passenger plane carrying Rogozin into Romanian airspace.

On Wednesday, Moldovan President Igor Dodon said that Rogozin had confirmed his plans to visit Moldova despite proposals of country's authorities to cancel the visit as the delegation had reportedly planned to arrive in the European nation using the aircraft of Russia's Aerospace Forces.


Dodon criticized his government over the possible cancellation of Rogozin's visit as an unfriendly move.