Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arrmanatha Nasir confirmed that the Indonesian government paid no ransom to free four Indonesian nationals held as hostages by Somali pirates.
“Our stance is clear that the government won’t pay [ransoms] to pirates,” Armanatha said at his office in Jakarta on Monday, October 24, 2016. Arrmanatha revealed that the hostage rescue efforts involved several countries whose citizens were kidnapped. In addition, the rescue efforts involved international organizations, non-profit organizations, and United Nations’ representatives.
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Weekly Security and Risk Report 28/09/2022
MAST’s weekly security report issue 351 is available to read now. In the Gulf of Guinea, one maritime incident has been reported for the period
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