9 Georgian sailors kidnapped in Nigeria return home
The sailors were kidnapped from a Panama-flagged tanker in the waters of Nigeria on April 30. Photo: Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia.
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Nine Georgian sailors who had been kidnapped by pirates from a ship sailing under the Panamese flag in Nigeria have returned to Georgia by a charter flight from Lagos to Tbilisi.
Head of the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia Tamar Ioseliani said no efforts were spared neither by her agency nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the ship owner company to secure the release of the sailors.
Ioseliani also noted that after being placed under 14-day mandatory quarantine, the sailors will return to their families.
The sailors were kidnapped from a Panama-flagged tanker in the waters of Nigeria on April 30.
Four Georgian sailors who have been kidnapped by pirates from the Libyan-flagged tanker in the Nigerian city of Lagos in late February have returned to Georgia 15 days after being kidnapped.
Pirates have kidnapped four Georgian sailors from Libyan-flagged tanker in Lagos, the city in Africa, reports the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia.
Pirates have kidnapped nine Georgian sailors from a Panama-flagged tanker in the waters of the African country of Nigeria. The Georgian Maritime Transport Agency said the pirates have kidnapped a total of ten sailors including Georgian citizens on April 30.
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