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"en.20031105.4.3-034"2
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"Mr President, there is a serious humanitarian issue on which you need to and, I believe, will intervene.
On 27 July 2003 a tanker, the
with a local pilot at the helm, ran aground at the entrance to the port of Karachi. There was a serious ecological disaster. A great deal of oil leaked into the port. Since then, the authorities in Pakistan have prevented the seven members of the crew from leaving Pakistan. In the case of the
the Spanish authorities sought out those responsible on the basis of the 'polluter pays' principle, in other words the master of the ship, but not the rest of the crew. The cook is not to blame, nor is the cleaner. Nonetheless, in the case of the
seven seamen are being held, most of whom are Greek.
What is more, on 17 August, once the whole disaster had occurred, a team from a salvage company arrived in Pakistan, the head of which, Mr Nikos Papas, is also being held by the authorities in Pakistan, even though he is not a member of the
crew. They merely went to salvage the ship and limit the disaster.
I should like you to intervene. We have a hostage here. The minister from Pakistan is in Brussels today, he is to dine with Mr Solana and Mr Patten. We need to intervene in this matter."@en1
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