“The briefing we have right now is that the 39 ships from the decoration are already crafting to the port of Asdot. All occupants are in good health. There has been no violence. The circumstances under which ships were accompanied by Israel has not yet been clarified, “George Gerapetritis said from the step of the 11th International Conference of Maritime Law.

The Foreign Minister stressed that in cooperation with other countries, whose citizens are on the mission, we will do everything in our power to have a full security guarantee for these citizens and we have already arranged, according to ERTNews.

“We all realize the complexity of the Global Sumudilla Sumudilla’s venture, headed towards a war area. We have already preventively at the Foreign Ministry we had taken care of on the Israeli side for the safety of Greek citizens on board ships. It was made a joint statement with the Italian Foreign Minister, to make sure that the Israeli side would fully safeguard all the guarantees provided for free navigation and the safety of citizens and, of course, providing consular assistance, “he added.

“We had alertness because of yesterday’s events,” George Gerapetritis said, saying that it is by far the worst period after World War II to be a foreign minister, where each symmetry is lost. “The wars, which have always been considered distant phenomena that are no longer touched by us, are in our neighborhood and every day that comes abolishes the previous one,” he concluded.