(Reuters) – Turkey prevented German forces belonging to a European Union military mission searching a Turkish cargo ship believed to be taking weapons to Libya, the German military said on Monday.
Soldiers from the frigate Hamburg boarded the Turkish vessel, the Rosalina-A, during the night, but had to abandon checks and withdraw after Turkey protested to the EU mission, a German military spokesman said.
Turkey said the Rosalina-A was carrying various materials such as food and paint, and that the search team had violated international law by not waiting for permission from Turkey.
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Protest erupted in Turkey’s government as the EU mission for controlling the embargo on arms supplies to Libya attempted to check a cargo ship sailing under a Turkish flag in the Mediterranean, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Hami Aksoy, said Monday...
ReplyDelete"As part of the questionable IRINI information, German military ship Hamburg checked the MV Roseline A, which, under the Turkish flag, was transporting paint and humanitarian aid from the Turkish port of Ambarli to Libya's Misrata", Aksoy said.
The vessel was stopped by Germany's Hamburg frigate. According to German officials, the inspection of the cargo ship failed as Turkey did not agree to the vessel being checked, and thus it was stopped.
On 19 November, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that EU leaders could discuss potential sanctions against Turkey over its actions in the Eastern Mediterranean. As Turkey is continuing gas exploration in waters that Cyprus and Greece claim as their exclusive economic zones, the EU is expecting a difficult discussion at the upcoming summit of EU leaders in December, Maas said ahead of the meeting of foreign ministers.
In the mean time the Turkish media target the Greek commander of the forces of the operation “IRINI” off Libya, for the attempted inspecting of a Turkish cargo ship.
DeleteΗ «Επιχείρηση Ειρήνη» αναφέρει σε ανακοίνωσή της: «Χθες το απόγευμα, 22 Νοεμβρίου, η Επιχείρηση Ειρήνη επιθεώρησε το Εμπορικό Σκάφος (MV) ROSELINE A, πλοίο με τουρκική σημαία γενικού φορτίου - σε εφαρμογή των ψηφισμάτων 2292 (2016) και 2526 (2020) του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας του Ηνωμένου Έθνους - σχετικά με τα όπλα εμπάργκο στη Λιβύη. Το πλοίο αναχώρησε από την Γιαριμάκα (Τουρκία) στις 20 Νοεμβρίου και κατευθύνθηκε προς Μισράτα (Λιβύη).
ReplyDelete«Όταν το κράτος σημαίας (σ.σ. η Τουρκία) κατέστησε σαφές ότι αρνήθηκε την άδεια επιθεώρησης του σκάφους, η επιχείρηση IRINI ανέστειλε τις δραστηριότητες κατά τις οποίες δεν βρέθηκαν στοιχεία παράνομου υλικού επί του σκάφους και το σκάφος εκκαθαρίστηκε για να συνεχίσει τη διαδρομή του», καταλήγει η ανακοίνωση.
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