Charge d'Affaires of the State of Libya in Ukraine Alhadi Asbaie was summoned to the Ministry of foreign affairs of Ukraine today because of the incident that occurred on July 17 this year when Libyan armed people captured and detain the trade vessel, which arrived to Benghazi with Ukrainians on board.
During the meeting, the Special Representative of Ukraine for Middle East and Africa Hennadii Latii stated that Ukrainian side considers the detention of Ukrainian crew as a serious crime which still remains without any due reaction of the official Libyan authorities.
H.Latii strictly demanded to release immediately the vessel and its crew in accordance with international law provisions, to ensure the safety of Ukrainians in Libya, as well as to provide official reaction and explanations by Libyan side on the incident.