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Austrian authorities grounded Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane in Vienna early on Wednesday morning due to suspicions that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board. Morales allegedly refuted speculation that Snowden had stowed away on the plane and allowed authorities to conduct a search.

“We're talking about the president on an official trip after an official summit being kidnapped,” Bolivia's ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Sacha Llorenti Soliz, told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday.

“We have no doubt that it was an order from the White House,” ambassador Llorenti said. “By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country.”

The ambassador has pledged to make an official complaint to the UN.

There are contradictory reports about whether President Morales’ plane was actually searched in Austria.

The Bolivian Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra said no one boarded the presidential aircraft - presumably to search for fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden - because Morales refused them entry.

Bolivia's vice president said officials had made their way up to the door of the aircraft, according to Reuters.

However, Austria’s deputy chancellor said earlier, appearing to cast some confusion over whether the plane was actually searched or not, that Austrian authorities searched Morales’ plane for Edward Snowden, but found no stowaways on board.

"Our colleagues from the airport had a look and can give assurances that no one is on board who is not a Bolivian citizen," Austrian Deputy Chancellor Michael Spindelegger told the press.

The plane has now continued on its journey to La Paz, with a refuelling stop-over in the Canary Islands.