UK has asked Russia for its help in winning the release of 15 British sailors detained by Iran last week in the Persian Gulf.

British Ambassador Anthony Brenton said his country was consulting with Russia on the matter, RIA Novosti reported on Monday.

Iran has charged the British sailors with trespassing on Iranian waters, but UK maintained they were patrolling in Iraqi waters.

According to UPI, Brenton was in Russia to participate in a project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Ryazan hydropower plant. UK supplied some of the plant’s equipment.

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