Eight Egyptian Sailors Released After Being Kidnapped Off Somalia
Eight Egyptian sailors who had been kidnapped aboard the M/T Eureka off the coast of Somalia’s Puntland region since May 2 have been released.
According to the Middle East News Agency (MENA), Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Nader Zaki said Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Egyptians Abroad, instructed the Egyptian Embassy in Mogadishu to receive the sailors and check on their well-being.
The embassy will also facilitate their return to Egypt on the earliest available flight.
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