Cyprus has disallowed a German vessel with weapons for the Syrian government to enter its port of Larnak, Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said, Gazeta.ru reports.
Coastal guards are monitoring the Atlantic Cruiser, located 5 km away from the Famagusta Port controlled by the Turkish community of the Cyprus. The vessel was stopped in the Eastern Mediterranean on its way from Jubuti to Tartus.
Germany is investigating the case of the German ship with Iranian weapons for Bashar al-Assad’s regime affreighted in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reports.