Several pro-Palestinian associations and parties such as Podemos and Sumar had denounced indications that the cargo ship was carrying engines for military missiles destined for Israel. Minister Albares emphasizes that they will not give permission to any ship in that situation.
The ship Borkumsuspected of transporting a shipment of weapons with final destination Israel and planning to stop in Cartagena (Murcia, Spain), has given up the port and announced that it will go directly to Slovenia to transfer the cargo from there to the Czech Republic. .
The cargo ship owner communicated this decision to the maritime captain at dawn. The ship was anchored at Cape Tiñoso, in Cartagena waters, waiting to dock at the Ecombreras terminal, but ultimately decided not to make that stop.
This cargo ship had permission to dock because it was not officially on its way to Israel. However, this fact was questioned by pro-Palestinian associations. Podemos reported the events to the National Court and Sumar had asked the Public Prosecution Service to prevent it from docking in Cartagena.
NGOs such as Podemos and Sumar have welcomed the fact that the cargo ship did not ultimately stop in Cartagena. “Getting up helps,” they emphasize.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation has denied permission for a ship carrying weapons destined for Israel to make a stopover and has emphasized that it will not allow other ships calling at Spanish ports in the same conditions. .
It is the ship to which the decision applies Marianne Danica and “arrived on the 21st of this month” in Cartagena. The cargo ship is carrying weapons destined for Israel.
From Brussels, Albares has reported that it is the first time that a permit has been denied “because it is the first time that we detect a ship carrying a load of weapons to Israel and wanting to stop in a Spanish port.”
The minister framed the decision in the Spanish government’s policy of “not granting new export licenses for war materials destined for Israel.” “This decision is coherent and follows the same line. The Middle East, right now, the last thing you need is more weapons. What the country needs is peace,” he asserted. “We are not going to participate at all in maintaining and promoting that war,” he concluded.
Source: EITB
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