Foreign Ministry: Georgian sailors kidnapped from Gabon territorial waters released
The sailors are undergoing a medical examination in Nigeria and their health condition is “satisfactory”, the Ministry noted in its statement, adding they would return to Georgia “in the next few days” and their travel would be provided by the employing company. Photo via Foreign Ministry press office
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The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Sunday said the Georgian sailors, who had been kidnapped from a ship anchored in the territorial waters of Gabon, were released from captivity as a result of “continuous” efforts of the Ministry, the Georgian Embassy in South Africa and the Maritime Transport Agency.
The sailors are undergoing a medical examination in Nigeria and their health condition is “satisfactory”, the Ministry noted in its statement, adding they would return to Georgia “in the next few days” and their travel would be provided by the employing company.
The Georgian sailors were abducted on May 2 from a ship sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands in the territorial waters of the Central African country of Gabon.
The Maritime Transport Agency thanked the Georgian Foreign Ministry, the Consulate Generals of Georgia in South Africa, Ethiopia, New York State and Singapore, as well as the ship-owning company and all involved parties, “whose joint work resulted in the successful release of the sailors from captivity”.