Vietnam has actually remained in talks with Iranian authorities over the seizure last month of a Vietnamese oil vessel off the Iranian shore, in an initiative to ensure the safety and security of the team, the Southeast Asian country’s claimed on Thursday.
Talks had actually occurred on a polite degree in Hanoi as well as Tehran “to verify information and settle the incident to ensure safety and humane treatment for Vietnamese citizens,” Vietnam international ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang informed a routine rundown.
The Pentagon on Wednesday turned down cases by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that they obstructed an effort by the United States to restrain a vessel bring the Islamic Republic’s oil in the Sea of Oman.
American authorities claimed Iranian pressures had really taken a Vietnamese- flagged oil vessel, MV Southys, as well as united state marine pressures were simply keeping an eye on the circumstance.
Hang claimed the captain of the Vietnamese vessel in a phone call with the consular office on Oct 27 had actually verified all 26 team had actually been dealt with well as well as remained in health.
“The foreign ministry will continue to closely monitor the situation, and work with Iranian authorities to settle the case in accordance to the laws, and at the same time, will proceed with necessary measures to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens,” Hang claimed.
(Editing by Toby Chopra, Martin Petty)
