Russian embassy in Tehran ready to help Russian crewmember of Danish ship seized in Iran
MOSCOW/TEHRAN. May 2 (Interfax) - The Russian Embassy to Tehran is ready to provide assistance to a captain's mate from the Danish vessel Maersk Tigris seized in Iran, but no such request has so far been made, says Maxim Suslov, the embassy's press attache.
"We are looking into the situation and are maintaining contact with the Iranian Foreign Ministry and with our partners from the Danish embassy, as the vessel belongs to a Danish company. We have yet to find out his name and surname, and if he addresses us, all the necessary assistance will be provided to him in any case," Suslov said in a telephone interview with Interfax.
"No restrictions have been imposed on the vessel's crewmembers, and they can disembark and apply for consular assistance if need be," he said.
"As concerns the Russian citizen, the Russian embassy has so far not received any requests or applications from him," he said.
"I would like to point out that, above all, the matter concerns a dispute between two businesses, which are the ship's owners, that is, the Danish company Maersk, and an Iranian private firm. They are litigating the payment of the Danish company's debt. The vessel has been seized within the framework of this litigation," Suslov said.