Greece says will not help Iranian tanker to reach Syria

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Updated: 21-08-2019 14:03 IST | Created: 21-08-2019 13:55 IST

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Greece will not facilitate an Iranian tanker sailing in the Mediterranean to deliver oil to Syria, the country's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.

"We want to send a message that we are not willing to facilitate the course of this ship to Syria," Miltiadis Varvitsiotis told Greece's ANT1 television.

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