Stenergard About Activists: Has your own responsibility
The Foreign Minister emphasizes that the government has resigned from travel to Gaza for ten years and that the activists on the ship have a « clear own responsibility ».
– The crew and passengers at Madleen are aware of the risks of this campaign, the Foreign Ministry has run out of trips to Gaza for ten years and you have a clear own responsibility if you defy a advice, which I have also been very clear in many different contexts, she says in the Riksdag’s chamber.
Israel has done this on international water, how do you look at it?
– We assess certain opportunities to call and escort this ship in accordance with international law, she tells TT.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy in Tel Aviv have contact with local authorities and follow the situation closely.
– Our assessment at present is that no one on board is in danger and that there is no need for consular support at present.
From other countries concerned, the tone is different.
Six French citizens was on board the ship when it was boarded by the Israeli military on international water. France President Emmanuel Macron demands that they be allowed to return to France « as soon as possible », reports Le Monde.
Spain’s Foreign Ministry has called a high -ranking diplomat at the Israeli Embassy in Madrid on Monday. Among the activists who have now been arrested is a Spanish citizen.
– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the Spaniard concerned, his family and the Israeli Foreign Ministry and exerts consular protection for our citizen, says a source with transparency to El País.
On board Madleen were also German citizens, a Turkish citizen, a Dutch citizen and a Brazilian citizen, according to Freedom Flotilla, the organization behind the ship.
« Brazil is reminiscent of the principle of free navigation on international water and urges the Israeli government to release the arrested crew members, » writes Brazil’s Foreign Ministry in a statement, according to O Globo.
In a clip as Freedom Flotilla published on X urges Greta Thunberg all her « friends, family and comrades » to put pressure on the Swedish government get her and the others free as soon as possible.
The call has led to a large number of calls flowing in to the Swedish Foreign Ministry.
– This means that, as a result of this campaign, it is very long waiting time that is seriously at risk of affecting Swedes around the world who are in need of consular help immediately, says Malmer Stenergaard to journalists.
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