The document is published on the website of the mission.
“We are not looking for confrontation with Iran, but it is unacceptable to threaten legally carried out shipping in the international transit corridor,” the text indicated.
Also in the statement it is noted that the seizure of Stena Impero is contrary to the norms of international law.
On July 19, representatives of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained a British tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz and escorted him to the port of Bandar Abbas.
23 crew members, including three Russians, are currently on board.