Georgia, Tbilisi, Aug. 25 / Trend , N.Kirtzkhalia/
On Aug. 24, the Gagra City Court postponed the trial of the captain and crew of the Turkish 'Buket ship, including four Azerbaijanis. Judge Gela Kiriya has decided to postpone the hearing due to the request of the defense.
The defendants' lawyers asked to postpone the trail in connection with the possibility of registering a procedural agreement between prosecutors and defendants. The lawyers said the parties can conclude a procedural agreement, and after paying a fine, they will be released.
The judge set a deadline for registering a procedural agreement by August 31 and scheduled the hearings for this day.
Officers of the Georgian Border Guard Police detained the 'Buket' ship sailing to Abkhazia from Turkey. The crew of the ship consists of 17 persons, of whom 13 were Turkish citizens, and 4 - Azerbaijanis.
The captain of the tanker is accused of multiple violations of the Georgian state border and the violation of the rules of navigation in the occupied territory. The Georgian Interior Ministry reported the ship transported the smuggled 2,000 tons of gasoline and 700 tons of diesel fuel.
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Georgia reported that the ship's crew also includes Tariel Nasirov (born in 1968), Asgar Asgarov (1977), Vusal Gamzaev (1985) and Akram Zamanov (1981) and they feel good. Perhaps, they will be fined. There are not complaints from sailors and we always keep contact with them," the official of the Azerbaijani Embassy.
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