Overview
- The Foreign Office said a technical defect grounded the government aircraft, prompting the change in travel plans.
- From Colombia, Johann Wadephul is scheduled to switch to the government flight unit for onward travel.
- His next stop is Bolivia for the inauguration of President Rodrigo Paz, planned for Saturday.
- He is then slated to travel to Canada for a G7 foreign ministers' meeting near the Niagara Falls area starting Tuesday.
- Merz canceled his own trip to the summit after his office noted many South American countries would not send heads of state, and the aircraft issue recalls earlier reliability problems, including Annalena Baerbock's disrupted 2023 trip.