Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

New Delhi: Spain has refused port call to a Danish-flagged merchant vessel carrying “27 tonnes of explosive material from India to Israel” saying the middle east “requires peace and not more weapons”.

“This is the first time we have done this because it is the first time we have detected a ship carrying a shipment of arms to Israel that wants to call at a Spanish port,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno told reporters in Brussels.

He said that the ship in question was Marianne Danica which had requested permission to call at Cartagena on 21 May.

Permissions to call are requested by merchant vessels travelling long distances for replenishments.

“We have detected this ship, we have refused to allow it to dock, and I can tell you that this will be a consistent policy with any ship carrying Israeli arms and arms cargo that wants to dock in Spanish ports,” he was quoted as saying in media reports emerging from Spain.

El Pais newspaper said the Danish-flagged ship is carrying 27 tonnes of explosive material from Chennai in India to the port of Haifa in Israel, The Guardian reported.

Incidentally, Chennai is one of the main port cities through which India imports and exports explosive-related stuff.

Speaking further on the matter, the Spanish foreign minister said, “This will be a consistent policy with any ship carrying arms to Israel that wants to call at Spanish ports. The foreign ministry will systematically reject such stopovers for one obvious reason: the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace.”

Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza and is rallying other European countries to recognise a Palestinian state.

Spain halted arms sales to Israel after it launched a military onslaught against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

While India is Israel’s biggest defence buyer, it is understood that Israel is sourcing several military-related materials from India, including from state-owned enterprises and from private companies Israeli firms have partnerships with in India.

The military-related gear includes fuses, munitions along with composite structures of drones and loitering munitions from at least two private firms in India besides completely assembled ones.

Reuters had in February reported, quoting Israeli sources, that “Israel’s operations have created a growing need for ammunition”.

India has been focusing big on increasing its defence production and is pursuing several export opportunities.

Sources in the defence and security establishment refused to get into details of whether India is exporting military related equipment and material to Israel but said that there is no violation of international rules and regulations governing transfer of such goods to anywhere.

 

[bonito]

😆😃🤣 ok Spain was an odd country to middle with Indian foreign policy. Now even that. Not a single country in and around India supports India.

Ok a whooping 16 downvotes. 😃😃😆 People don't want to admit that the banana republic has been doing tight rope walking in foreign policy for long. Even tiniest nation like Maldives want to squeeze India for their own benefits. Sri Lanka $ 2 billion with zero assurance 4 times Chinese ship docked there. $3 billion Afgan reconstruction and Taliban govt. $ 500 million credit to Bangladesh and Myanmar again with Zero assurance. Turkey even after earthquake aid they racked up Kashmir issue. Less talk about Nepal and latest U turn Bhutan stand. Qatar 1 call, Zoobear was out. People need spine to accept failures.

 

[Hari Sud]

😆😃🤣 ok Spain was an odd country to middle with Indian foreign policy. Now even that. Not a single country in and around India supports India.

Ok a whooping 16 downvotes. 😃😃😆 People don't want to admit that the banana republic has been doing tight rope walking in foreign policy for long. Even tiniest nation like Maldives want to squeeze India for their own benefits. Sri Lanka $ 2 billion with zero assurance 4 times Chinese ship docked there. $3 billion Afgan reconstruction and Taliban govt. $ 500 million credit to Bangladesh and Myanmar again with Zero assurance. Turkey even after earthquake aid they racked up Kashmir issue. Less talk about Nepal and latest U turn Bhutan stand. Qatar 1 call, Zoobear was out. People need spine to accept failures.

All done at the behest of US, who wish Israel not to punish HAMAS any more.

 

[kumar]

😆😃🤣 ok Spain was an odd country to middle with Indian foreign policy. Now even that. Not a single country in and around India supports India.

Ok a whooping 16 downvotes. 😃😃😆 People don't want to admit that the banana republic has been doing tight rope walking in foreign policy for long. Even tiniest nation like Maldives want to squeeze India for their own benefits. Sri Lanka $ 2 billion with zero assurance 4 times Chinese ship docked there. $3 billion Afgan reconstruction and Taliban govt. $ 500 million credit to Bangladesh and Myanmar again with Zero assurance. Turkey even after earthquake aid they racked up Kashmir issue. Less talk about Nepal and latest U turn Bhutan stand. Qatar 1 call, Zoobear was out. People need spine to accept failures.

Its not an India-Spain problem.It's an Israel-Spain problem.

 

[Radha Ramanan]

eliminate spain from the p75i tender and they will know not to mess with us

 

[Alok Gupta]

I am glad India is supporting Israel in it's hour of need. Remember how Israel supported India with weapons and personel (non-combat) during the Kargil war. Time to pay back that favor.

 

[Aftab Ahmed Sheikh]

Thank you Spaniyard 🇪🇦 for the rightfully bold decision. Let this gal anise few more Europeans against Israeli impunity.

Time is high for Israel must recieve a test of its own bitter medicine. Thereafter, a few financial sanctions & UNGA censure would do the job.

 

[Bharat007]

Must stop Spain from Sub Tender. Try closely following their internal p-o-litics then one will realise that they cannot be trusted. Their Hard Left factions aka Communists within gobarmen are vehemently against exporting weapons to nations irrespective of whether they're in war or not. So, there is spat between Socialists & Hard Left factions within their coalition. Everywhere, those communists are most despicable ever.

 

[Pink Panther]

😆😃🤣 ok Spain was an odd country to middle with Indian foreign policy. Now even that. Not a single country in and around India supports India.

Ok a whooping 16 downvotes. 😃😃😆 People don't want to admit that the banana republic has been doing tight rope walking in foreign policy for long. Even tiniest nation like Maldives want to squeeze India for their own benefits. Sri Lanka $ 2 billion with zero assurance 4 times Chinese ship docked there. $3 billion Afgan reconstruction and Taliban govt. $ 500 million credit to Bangladesh and Myanmar again with Zero assurance. Turkey even after earthquake aid they racked up Kashmir issue. Less talk about Nepal and latest U turn Bhutan stand. Qatar 1 call, Zoobear was out. People need spine to accept failures.

why a ship from Chennai has to go through Spain to goto Israel, Can’t it go through Suez canal from Arabian sea to reach Israel’s Haifa port, any way caught red handed, this will cause issues with the Middle East and might cause problems in J&K and other areas,, Is Spain throwing sand on itself like an elephant, S80 Plus?

 

[MANIVANNAN N]

First stop US weapon to ukraine. There is also peace needed dear spain.

 

[Pink Panther]

I am glad India is supporting Israel in it's hour of need. Remember how Israel supported India with weapons and personel (non-combat) during the Kargil war. Time to pay back that favor.

India is reciprocating the support that Israel provided for us in many wars in the past.

 

[The Presence]

Thank you Spaniyard 🇪🇦 for the rightfully bold decision. Let this gal anise few more Europeans against Israeli impunity.

Time is high for Israel must recieve a test of its own bitter medicine. Thereafter, a few financial sanctions & UNGA censure would do the job.

We maintained such a soft posture in Kashmir for so many years. What did we get in return? Uri and Pulwama. But after we revoked Article-370 and took a firm stance, a record reduction in violence is being observed.
Believe me when I say it, once Israel completely captures Gaza in a couple of months, you will see the same exact thing.
Also, Spain can bid goodbye to any of its hopes of winning the P-75I 👋

 

[sumit pannu]

Because of spain we come to know that india is helping its friends . Kudos to India israel friendship

 

[Athmanirbharata - II]

why a ship from Chennai has to go through Spain to goto Israel, Can’t it go through Suez canal from Arabian sea to reach Israel’s Haifa port, any way caught red handed, this will cause issues with the Middle East and might cause problems in J&K and other areas,, Is Spain throwing sand on itself like an elephant, S80 Plus?

May be because of Houthi attack in red sea the ship had to sail around Africa and through Gibraltar straight near Spain to reach Haifa.

 

[Aftab Ahmed Sheikh]

We maintained such a soft posture in Kashmir for so many years. What did we get in return? Uri and Pulwama. But after we revoked Article-370 and took a firm stance, a record reduction in violence is being observed.
Believe me when I say it, once Israel completely captures Gaza in a couple of months, you will see the same exact thing.
Also, Spain can bid goodbye to any of its hopes of winning the P-75I 👋

Do you even think before you write or speak?? When was the last time you did that? Do you have Alzheimer? 🩹🤕🤒

You are not a patriotic, for very least, otherwise you would not have made that comparison. India in J&K ≠ Israel in Gaza Israel runs a open air prison with food & water deficiency, nigh zero education, no economic opportunities, no recourse to judiciary or govt job opportunity. They have selctive apartheid policy towards Gazans. Israeli constitutional is communal. They're allies with USA ,but learnt nothing from them in terms of social assimilation. J&K is >>>>> in demography, area, culture, linguistics than Gaza. Gaza is ~400 sq. km. J&K is ~42000 sq. km.

Believe me when I say it, once Israel completely captures Gaza in a couple of months........

Believe you. Why? On what? You are divinely ordained? Those insouciant nincompoops Israelites allowed the Hamas to fester at the first hand – to dig tunnels, to make rockets, made border without sentry..... They cannot enforce basic writ of "rule of law". Israeli killed 35000 Gazans in first 120 days.3/4th are kids. Inaddition they've killed UN aid officers from India, UK, USA... Did India do so?

I'm not sympathetic to Hamas. They must all be liquidated but not at the expense of innocent Gazans.

 

[Sir Capt]

But yet Spain wants to sell India it's submarines. Good luck with that.

 

[Bharat007]

First stop US weapon to ukraine. There is also peace needed dear spain.

Hard Left Communist Party within present Spainish Gobermen objects sending weapons to Ukraine either. They even object to increase in defence spending or selling of arms. Yet present p.m of Spain has been ignoring them but we don't know how long because their support is crucial for survival of his coalition gobarmen.

 

[Bharat007]

Do you even think before you write or speak?? When was the last time you did that? Do you have Alzheimer? 🩹🤕🤒

You are not a patriotic, for very least, otherwise you would not have made that comparison. India in J&K ≠ Israel in Gaza Israel runs a open air prison with food & water deficiency, nigh zero education, no economic opportunities, no recourse to judiciary or govt job opportunity. They have selctive apartheid policy towards Gazans. Israeli constitutional is communal. They're allies with USA ,but learnt nothing from them in terms of social assimilation. J&K is >>>>> in demography, area, culture, linguistics than Gaza. Gaza is ~400 sq. km. J&K is ~42000 sq. km.

Believe you. Why? On what? You are divinely ordained? Those insouciant nincompoops Israelites allowed the Hamas to fester at the first hand – to dig tunnels, to make rockets, made border without sentry..... They cannot enforce basic writ of "rule of law". Israeli killed 35000 Gazans in first 120 days.3/4th are kids. Inaddition they've killed UN aid officers from India, UK, USA... Did India do so?

I'm not sympathetic to Hamas. They must all be liquidated but not at the expense of innocent Gazans.

Open Air Prison???! Prisons don't have luxury malls, luxury car showrooms. It is fault of own Palestinian Arabs that even their Egyptian neighbours can't trust them and hence triple fenced their border with Gaza.

Who can trust Palestinian Arabs when:

• They cheered for Saddam while he invaded KUWait.
• Started cOup in JoRdaN, their host nation
• And then ousted Palestinians from JoRdaN ignited civil war in LeBaNon.

Such individuals wid problem child attitudes deserve nothing but isolation.

 

[Sutta Nath Shastri]

Open Air Prison???! Prisons don't have luxury malls, luxury car showrooms. It is fault of own Palestinian Arabs that even their Egyptian neighbours can't trust them and hence triple fenced their border with Gaza.

Who can trust Palestinian Arabs when:

• They cheered for Saddam while he invaded KUWait.
• Started cOup in JoRdaN, their host nation
• And then ousted Palestinians from JoRdaN ignited civil war in LeBaNon.

Such individuals wid problem child attitudes deserve nothing but isolation.

...and for historical support by select few radicalized political leaders in previous century, an entire generation of Palestinian Gaza civilian must face liquidation though bombs & discriminatory policy.....including malnutrition kids, denying food & water, preventing aid corridor ??

By that logic, then IAF should begin war campaign in J&K because few select politicians & Huriyats colluded with Pak-Army & ISI?????<

Gaza is occupied by Israel, not Egypt. As a state, Israel is responsible for their Gaza well-being. Egypt won't.

If Hamas did the 7th Oct, only they should suffer. Only them. USA launched GWOT against Afghanistan & Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11. What did it earn in 20 years later. Israel will get only the same. Indian didn't because we were positively discriminative till now.

POLITICS & POLITICIAN CHANGE SHADES & COLOURS EVERY NOW AND THEN, HUMAN BLOOD DOESN'T. LOST HUMAN LIFE DOESN'T.

 

[Bharat007]

...and for historical support by select few radicalized political leaders in previous century, an entire generation of Palestinian Gaza civilian must face liquidation though bombs & discriminatory policy.....including malnutrition kids, denying food & water, preventing aid corridor ??

By that logic, then IAF should begin war campaign in J&K because few select politicians & Huriyats colluded with Pak-Army & ISI?????<

Gaza is occupied by Israel, not Egypt. As a state, Israel is responsible for their Gaza well-being. Egypt won't.

If Hamas did the 7th Oct, only they should suffer. Only them. USA launched GWOT against Afghanistan & Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11. What did it earn in 20 years later. Israel will get only the same. Indian didn't because we were positively discriminative till now.

POLITICS & POLITICIAN CHANGE SHADES & COLOURS EVERY NOW AND THEN, HUMAN BLOOD DOESN'T. LOST HUMAN LIFE DOESN'T.

Let me show how Pro-palestine 3rd party onlookers thinks. For them, Hamas is Palestine in Gaza when winning but Hamas isn't Palestine in Gaza when loosing the battle. That's how Palestinians deceive gullible folks like u.

Your logic is flawed because you don't even know the distinct nature of these conflicts. One is internal issue and another one is international conflict.

No matter how you think, it is the opinion and perception of Gaza residents towards Israel that matters the most. Don't deny, if Hamas were successful in eliminating every JeWs and IsRAel in Oct. 7th attack then every single Palestinians will have danced and cheered for Hamas. They would've paid no attention to your comment or opinions that Hamas was wrong. Mind you, your Humanistic idealism has no place among war thirsty Islamists. This is Pan-Islamism disguised as struggle against colonialism which most 3rd Party onlookers fails to see or deliberately ignore.

Sometimes, War is fought to punish the enemy, not to eliminate ideology, because ideology can never be eliminated. Regardless of winning or losing, war is often fought to quench rage, especially in cases of retaliation. That's a fact.