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KYIV, November 17 /UKRINFORM/. Ten Ukrainian sailors, the crewmembers of the Strofades IV, a Maltese-flagged cargo vessel, have in fact become hostages to a conflict in the Middle East, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov has said."A group of members from the pro-Palestinian organization Road to Hope boarded the ship during unloading operations in the Libyan port of Derna on November 10. The vessel was blocked. Among the attackers are the citizens of Britain, Morocco and Algeria. They said that a cargo of humanitarian aid, which they planned to load, was intended for the Palestinians, but no preliminary agreements were reached with the ship's owner in this regard," he said.Dykusarov said that since Libyan port police officers and law enforcers had not provided effective assistance in resolving the conflict, the captain of the ship, a Ukrainian citizen, had brought the ship out of the port at the order of the ship's owner, with Libyan policemen and unauthorized persons remaining on board. The cargo is also on board the ship.According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Greece, the Strofades IV arrived in the Greek port of Piraeus, informing the Greek coast guard of the situation."The Greek authorities have no claims to the Ukrainian part of the crew, but during the investigation into this case Greek law enforcers questioned the captain (a citizen of Ukraine) and the owner (a citizen of Greece) as witnesses. The Greek side opened a criminal case over the situation with the loading of the Strofades IV and the presence of unauthorized persons on board the ship," Dykusarov said.He also noted that Road to Hope's representatives considered actions by the crew to be unlawful. Diaspora in Canada and U.S. - Ukrainians.Ca - Ukrainian Daily News Abroad
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