(GEN) TURKISH CREW ON A SHIP DETAINED IN INDIA EXPECTED TO LEAVE FOR TURKEY.ANKARA, May 25, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish crew on a cargo ship which was detained in India was expected to return to Turkey soon as a result of initiatives of Turkish Foreign Ministry The Turkish Foreign Ministry is the Turkish government agency responsible for international relations. and embassy in New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , officials said on Sunday. After Indian authorities said that Turkish crewmen of the ship Mira which was kept off India could return to Turkey, a team from Turkish Consulate General in Mumbai left for Bhavnagar on May 23 to carry out visa proceedings. Turkish crewmen are expected to return to Turkey by a plane of the Turkish Airlines later in the day. There are 18 Turkish and 6 Azerbaijani crew members on board the Panamian-flagged ship. The ship departed from western Turkish port city of Izmir on November 28, 2008 to carry its cargo to the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. on January 18. While waiting for orders from the firm to depart from Abu Dhabi, crew members were informed that British Culbone Marina Finance Bank seized the ship because of the firsm's debts. Crewmen were told to take the ship to Bhavnagar, India, to be scrapped. 24 seamen anchored off Indian city of Alang after Indian authorities issued an arrest warrant against them. They have been waiting for being rescued for 151 days. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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