Iranian Naval Vessels Dock in Port Sudan

Iranian Navy’s 27th fleet has docked in Port Sudan “to provide security for Iranian oil tankers and commercial ships”

Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:54

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian fleet of warships sailing in free waters to provide a safe passage for the country’s cargo ships and oil tankers berthed in Sudan’s port.

The Iranian Navy reported on Wednesday that its 27th fleet of warships comprising Khark helicopter carrier and Sabalan destroyer berthed in Sudan’s city of Port after a one-month sailing of 2,600 miles in order to send Tehran’s message of peace and friendship to the regional states and strengthen ties with Khartoum.

On its path to Sudan, the flotilla of warships intercepted over 43 military units and escorted more than 14 cargo ships and oil tankers.

The Iranian Navy in August dispatched its 27th flotilla of warships to the high seas to protect the country’s cargo ships and oil tankers against pirates.

Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the 27th fleet was dispatched after the return of the 26th fleet of the Iranian Navy, comprised of the Bandar Abbas warship and the Alvand destroyer returned home.

Sayyari also said that the mission of the warships is to provide security for Iranian oil tankers and commercial ships sailing on the open seas.

He added that the 26th Fleet had operated in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Northern Indian Ocean during its mission on the open seas and visited a number of ports in Oman and Djibouti.

The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.

According to UN Security Council resolutions, different countries can send their warships to the Gulf of Aden and coastal waters of Somalia against the pirates and even with prior notice to Somali government enter the territorial waters of that country in pursuit of Somali sea pirates.

The Gulf of Aden – which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea – is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.

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