As far as France is concerned, this seems to be an incorrect statement by unnamed Foreign Affairs Ministry officials. Le Monde reports[0] that government spoke

As far as France is concerned, this seems to be an incorrect statement by unnamed Foreign Affairs Ministry officials. Le Monde reports[0] that government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem says that France "eventually allowed the plane to fly through its airspace", implying that they denied it at first. A more detailed official account of the incident is supposedly forthcoming. [0] http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2013/07/03/une-rumeur-sur-snowden-provoque-une-crise-diplomatique-entre-paris-et-la-paz_3440849_3222.html http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2013/07/03/une-rumeu...