Zipper attachment of the two Italian fishing boats in Egypt – the associated press.it

(by Giuseppe Maria Laudani) (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, 10 NOV – it lasted less than 24 hours, the zipper attachment in international waters of two Italian fishing boats from the egyptian Navy. The Ghibli S and the Giulia PG of Mazara del Vallo, stopped last night in the Mediterranean by forces of the egyptian and forced to dock in the port of Alexandria, were released in the late afternoon today. A story that ended positively, has confirmed the ministry of foreign affairs, who has followed the seizure, from the beginning, in close contact with the Italian embassy in the egyptian capital. Alexandria was also the honorary Consul Ermenegildo Sampieri. “Thanks to the intervention of our embassy in Cairo, the two vessels have left their moorings and are now direct in the open sea,” said the ministry of Foreign affairs. According to the owner Domenico Asaro boats, will not fit in Mazara, but will continue their scheduled fishing trips. Hours of tension and apprehension. “The seizure is occurred in the 22 yesterday, about 28 miles from the egyptian coast, and then in international waters,” he reported in the morning, Giovanni Tumbiolo, president of the fishing productive District, and of the blue growth of the two boats. “The crews were fishing with nets at a depth of approximately 600 metres when they ordered the alt from the egyptian Navy. Some men are boarded and have led to the vessels to sail to Alexandria, where they arrived towards the 4,30″. A few hours later, around 11, the owner Asaro had heard the crews of the barges, eight mazaresi and you’re tunisian, and said that “they were good” and that you “were on board of their respective boats& #8221;, suggesting that the matter could have been resolve in a “matter of hours. The “egyptian authorities are examining the documentation on board and as soon as they released the two fishing boats will slip their moorings,” he added, thanking them for the work of diplomacy and the institutions enabled at all levels. After the anxiety relief. The mayor of Mazara del Vallo, Nicola Cristaldi has expressed the joy of the community area for the release. “While we are happy for the positive epilogue of the story, thanks to the quick response of the institutions, however, remain, he added, concerns the fact that our vessels are forced to travel thousands of miles to reach the benches of fishing in far-away and dangerous as our seas are no longer stocked with fish as a long time”. The Ghibli, The had already been seized by the egyptians about four years ago. Then the vessel was with the other three and all suffered a zipper attachment. The Giulia PG was seiz ed, together with the Daniela L., in October 2013 by the militias of Benghazi that they had blocked about 40 miles off the coast cirenaiche. For the release, the owner has had to deal with two processes, and to pay a ransom. The Daniela L. is still under the protection of the libyan. (ANSAmed)