Yemeni moves to end piracy acts in regional waters

SANA'A, Aug. 28 (Saba) - Due to its worrying growing recently, Yemen
has begun coordinating extensively with some countries to put an end
to the piracy acts carried out by Somali gangs in the region of
African Horn and Aden Gulf.

Governmental sources told the weekly 26 September that the Yemeni
move includes regional and international security coordination and
exchange information between the concerned bodies to guarantee the
safety of the international navigation and ships and boats
protection from acts of piracy in addition apprehending the
criminals and bringing them to courts.

The Anti-piracy Office of the International Navigation announced
last week that Somali pirates have seized a German cargo ship off
the Somali coasts, a day after two Japanese and Iranian ships have
been attacked by armed Somali.

The Malaysian International Navigation Transportation Company has
established a team to combat pirating attacks after one of its ships
was subjected to pirating last Tuesday in the international waters
of the Aden Gulf. The ship was on its way to the Polish Rotterdam
harbor from Domai city of Indonesia.

The UN Security Council passed mid of 2008 the entry of warships to
the Somali territorial waters to combat piracy.

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