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EU's Germany summons Iran envoy over soldiers

27 Mar 2007 16:48:35 GMT
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BERLIN, March 27 (Reuters) - European Union president Germany summoned Iran's ambassador to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Tuesday to protest against the detention of 15 British soldiers and demand their immediate release.

A spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry said a deputy foreign minister delivered his protest to the Iranian ambassador. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is currently on a trip to central Asia.

"Iran is responsible for the well-being of the Europeans and to ensure consular access to them," the spokeswoman said.

She said the soldiers should be released immediately.

The 15 British Navy personnel were captured at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, which marks the southern stretch of Iraq's border with Iran, in the Gulf on Friday.

Iran says the soldiers were seized in Iranian waters. Britain and Iraq dispute this and say the Navy personnel were in Iraq's territorial waters.

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