Bolivian President Evo Morales uses sometimes the security services provided by the Venezuelan government for budgetary reasons, AP reported.

Based on an article issued by Bolivian daily newspaper La Razón, during his recent visit to New York to attend the United Nations (UN) 62nd General Assembly, Morales used an aircraft property of the Venezuelan government and Venezuelan security. This was presumably the reason for his delayed landing, and not the fault of the United States, as the Bolivian government argued.

According to the newspaper, the US authorities were surprised because the Bolivian president arrived in a Venezuelan plane and escorted by Venezuelan guards. As a result, they turned the aircraft to neighboring New Jersey airport.

The move made Bolivian chief of staff Juan Ramón Quintana to react angrily, and announced, along with Morales, that the government was to launch a campaign to change the UN venue.

"It is a question of economic resources. We lack budget to take 10, 12 or 15 security officers and perhaps this is why the president flew onboard a Venezuelan plane. Perhaps it was because of this," Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel told the newspaper.