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Iran asks Britain to 'guarantee' against violation of waters
By DPA,
Mar 30, 2007 - 6:49:44 PM
London, March 30 - Iran has asked Britain to 'guarantee' that violations of its territorial waters in the Gulf are not repeated, a note sent to the British embassy in Tehran said Friday.
The text of the communication, believed to be the first contact between Iran and Britain's embassy in Tehran in the present crisis, was published by the Iranian embassy in London Friday.
It repeats the Iranian position that two British patrol boats 'trespassed' on Iran's territorial waters when the 15 sailors and royal marines were captured last Friday.
'The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran protests strongly against this illegal act in violating Iranian territorial waters,' said the note.
It underlined the 'responsibility of the British government for the consequences of such violation, and calls for a guarantee to avoid recurrence of such acts'.
Earlier, the Foreign Office in London said it would give 'serious consideration' to the note.
Analysts in London pointed out that the Iranian communication did not include a request for a formal apology over the incident from the British government.
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