The 175 activists of the flotilla to Gaza were transported to Crete by a Navy armored ship

Operation by Greek authorities to transportation to Crete the 175 activists connected the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza but intercepted by Israeli forces has been underway since Friday morning.

The activists – men and women of assorted nationalities, including Greeks – were transported by armored vessel to Atherinolakos, wherever buses were waiting for them.

According to accusation from neakriti.gr, their last destination is Heraklion, wherever they volition beryllium temporarily accommodated, portion past the procedures for their instrumentality to their countries of root volition beryllium initiated.

The large-scale cognition involves forces from each implicit Crete, with the assistance of the Coast Guard, the Greek Police and applicable services.

The communications of Gerapetritis and the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Yesterday, Thursday, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis had communications with Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan and his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, connected the juncture of the cognition to intercept and prehend a flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza successful planetary waters disconnected Crete by Israeli equipped forces.

Specifically, according to reports, the Greek overseas curate besides communicated with their counterparts from the countries wherever the members of the expedition were from.

In a applicable connection issued by the Greek Foreign Ministry, it is stated, among different things, that the Greek broadside asked Israel to retreat its vessels from the area, portion it is noted that attraction was taken to guarantee the harmless instrumentality of the passengers to their countries.

The Greek Foreign Ministry’s statement

“On the juncture of the Israeli cognition connected vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla successful planetary waters disconnected Crete, we telephone for restraint and cosmopolitan respect for planetary law, including planetary instrumentality of the oversea and planetary humanitarian law.

Greece, arsenic a origin of stableness successful the region, successful accordance with planetary instrumentality and for humanitarian reasons, asked Israel to retreat its vessels from the portion and offered its bully offices by undertaking to person the passengers connected committee connected its territory and to guarantee their harmless instrumentality to their countries.

The Greek authorities are successful consultation with the Israeli authorities regarding the contented of harmless disembarkation successful Greece. A squad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is travelling to the constituent of accomplishment to coordinate the actions of each applicable Greek authorities and to cooperate with the overseas consular authorities, who are being duly informed of their ain actions.”