Iraq urges Iran to free British sailors (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

Iraq urges Iran to free British sailors
26 Mar 2007 10:08:30 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, March 26 (Reuters) - Iraq's foreign minister
called on Iran to free 15 detained British sailors and
marines in a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart
on Sunday evening, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a
statement.

Iran says the military personnel entered Iranian waters
illegally, while Britain says they were conducting a
routine search of shipping in Iraqi waters in the Shatt
al-Arab waterway that forms the southern border
between Iran and Iraq.

The ministry said Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari
told his counterpart that "according to the information
available to the Iraqi authorities those soldiers were
detained inside Iraqi waters". It added: "The minister
called for the release of the detainees and to deal
with this case in a wise way."

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