Russian ship carrying dozens of tons of weapons to Syria

The train carrying Russian citizenship Chariot dozens of tons of weapons were docked Syria, whether in custody in Cyprus waters two days earlier by the command framework of the EU arms embargo.

The Cyprus authorities have issued an emergency order to stop the ship last Tuesday, on suspicion it violated the EU embargo. However, they let the ship proceed when it said to change the destination of Turkey, Syria instead of the port.

However, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry Selcuk Unal cited information from the Navy said the ship was parked in Syria's Tartus port, where Russian military base used to resupply stations.

Ship Chariot Russian citizenship.

Before that, the ship owned by corporations based in St Petersburg Westberg went to sea Limassol, Cyprus forced the authorities to conduct inspection. The ship is scheduled to go directly to Turkey, non-EU countries, but it must stop in Limassol, Cyprus to refuel it in custody. Authorities said they do not check the four container as "limited space" can not identify the goods inside. However, they still put them on the kind of "dangerous goods".

RIA Novosti quoted a spokesman for the group Westberg, the owner said the ship Chariot, which carry the "tens of tons of ammunition." However, they did not specify what type of weapons being transported on the ship that just listing them as dangerous goods in a statement. Currently, the ship Chariot was completely off the detectors can not identify the exact location.

Russia still maintains a naval base from the former Soviet Union near Tartus, Syria. Russia is the only country to maintain military bases in the Mediterranean Sea. It is used as the basis for the Russian Navy resupply operations in the region.