Jan 14 2006 12:20PM Black Sea Fleet ordered to seek lighthouse return
MOSCOW. Jan 14 (Interfax) - Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Masorin has ordered Black See Fleet Commander Adm. Alexander Tatarinov to take measures to reincorporate the Yalta lighthouse into the fleet's hydrographic service.
"The Russian Navy command's position is firm: the Yalta lighthouse must be reincorporated into the Black Sea Fleet's hydrographic service and function properly to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea region," Masorin told Interfax.
"I have instructed the Black Sea Fleet commander to seek the lighthouse's return using civilized negotiations and based on the 1997 Russian-Ukrainian founding interstate agreement on the Black Sea Fleet," he said.
Navy spokesman Cap. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo told Interfax on Saturday that the Yalta lighthouse belonging to the Black Sea Fleet is still "in the hands of the Ukrainian authorities." The Russian Navy command qualifies these steps "as a seizure of Black Sea Fleet property," he said.
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