NAKHODKAK, Russia, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese
sailors that survived the sinking of their cargo ship were permitted on Tuesday
to leave Russia for home.
The three sailors were rescued after the Chinese
cargo ship "New Star," with 16 crew members aboard, sank on Feb. 15 off the
waters near Russia's far-eastern port of Vladivostok.
Half of the crew members -- one Indonesian and seven
Chinese --went missing after boarding a live raft. The survivors were rescued by
a Russian ship.
Russia's law enforcement department has launched a
probe into the incident.
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry
official on Friday said that Russia's attitude on the sinking of a Chinese cargo
ship in Russian waters is unacceptable.
Zhang Xiyun, director-general of the Department of
European-Central Asian Affairs of the ministry, lodged representations Friday
afternoon to Russian Minister Counselor to China Morgulov Igor in regards to the
incident.
Zhang said that the attitude of the Russian Foreign
Ministry expressed on Friday over the incident is "hard to understand and
unacceptable" for China. Full story
NAKHODKA, Russia, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese
diplomat urged Russia on Friday to conduct a serious probe into an accident at
sea in which seven Chinese sailors went missing. Three of their compatriots were
rescued alive. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday again
lodged urgent representations to the Russian Minister Counsellor to China in
regards to the sinking of a Chinese cargo ship in Russian waters.
The Sierra Leone-flagged vessel named "New Star" sank off
the waters near Russia's far-eastern port of Vladivostok on Sunday. Seven
Chinese crew members were still missing. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia is still continuing
its rescue efforts and investigation into the sea accident involving a Chinese
cargo ship, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu here Thursday.
A Chinese cargo ship on Sunday sank off the waters near
Russia's far-eastern port of Vladivostok. Three Chinese crew members were
rescued and seven others were missing, said Jiang. Full story
MOSCOW, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The three Chinese sailors
rescued from a cargo ship that sank Sunday in the Sea of Japan near Russia's
far-eastern port of Vladivostok are in good health, but seven other crew members
remain missing, an official with the Chinese Consulate in Vladivostok told
Xinhua Thursday.
Chinese consulate officials in the city of Khabarovsk
arrived at the port of Nakhodka to visit the rescued sailors shortly after the
incident, said Wang Pengbo, a Chinese consulate official in Vladivostok.
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