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Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Jong-Geon met with Iran's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss the release of detained Korean ships and sailors.
Iran's Vice Minister Arakchi is known to have said that Korean ships cannot go anywhere until a decision by the Iranian judiciary came out.
Reporter Kim Yong-cheol reports.
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arriving in Tehran with the working delegation, the first Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Jong-Geon met with Iran's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Arakchi, AFP reported.
In an interview, Deputy Minister Arakchi said in an interview, "Korea should not politicize this case, but wait until the Iranian judiciary's factual investigation is over," the local media reported.
Korean ships were detained for spilling oil, and it was reiterated that the incident was technical, not political.
Arakchi said, "Our account has been frozen for two and a half years due to US sanctions, and Korea has been shaken by itself by US orders." It is known that South Korea has ordered its own policy.
[Jong-Geon Choi / 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs: The situation is serious.
We have a duty to talk about our issues, and we will do so.] The
Iranian government has allowed one billion dollars of the $7 billion frozen in banks in Korea
to be
spent on medical equipment and pharmaceutical purchases, and the US It has been known to require guarantees from our government to ensure that funds are not tied to banks.
Excluding one Korean sailor who was admitted to a local hospital, the remaining 19 sailors have been staying in the'Korea Chemie' since the time of their detention on the 4th, and they were found to have no health problems.