When Snowden was escaping capture form the West, err, I mean, US, we, the US, err, the Obama admin, wanted to know which plane he was in to see of they could have it "diverted".
Also, don't pretend to "go hiking" along the Iranian border...
I don't know if I should be sad that the West is trending towards treating humans as China/Russia/Iran/NK do, or if I should be happy that geopolitical powers have one less thing they disagree about.
No. But after refusing it, I sure as hell wouldn't go there.