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Yemen to host regional meeting on combating piracy
SANA'A, Sep. 16 (Saba)- Yemen will host the second regional meeting
on combating piracy which to be held on 27-30 October in
participation of representatives of 20 countries.
Diplomatic sources pointed out that the 20 countries would sign a
memorandum of understanding to combat piracy and armed robbery
against ships sailing in the Gulf of Aden.
The Gulf of Aden has witnessed an increasing piracy in the past few
months which posed dangers against the international navigation
movement in the region, according to official reports.
An official source in Transportation Ministry said to the state-run
26sep.net that Yemen had decided to set up three centres for
monitoring the international waters in the Gulf of Aden as part of
efforts to fight piracy and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa.
"The centres would be established in the port cities of Aden and
Mukalla on the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea port of Houdieda", added
the source.
The sources affirmed that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates,
Oman, Djibouti, Jordan, Somalia, Comoros, France, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Madagascar, Madagascar, Maldives, The Seychelle Islands, South
Africa, Tanzania, Eritrea, Mozambique and Yemen would sign the
memorandum of understanding.
Since July, 12 ships have been hijacked in the narrow waterway
separating Yemen and Somalia by heavily-armed pirates operating
high-powered speedboats, according to the International Maritime
Bureau. Eleven are still being held for ransom.
Two rockets were fired at a French tuna fishing boat some 700
kilometres (435 miles) off the Somali coast on Saturday, in a sign
the pirates are moving further out to sea to evade military patrols
in coastal shipping areas.
Maritime experts say many attacks go unreported along Somalia's
3,700 kilometres of largely unpatrolled coastline.
The UN Security Council in June adopted a resolution authorising
foreign warships to enter Somalia's territorial waters with the
government's consent to combat pirates, though it has yet to be
implemented.
on combating piracy which to be held on 27-30 October in
participation of representatives of 20 countries.
Diplomatic sources pointed out that the 20 countries would sign a
memorandum of understanding to combat piracy and armed robbery
against ships sailing in the Gulf of Aden.
The Gulf of Aden has witnessed an increasing piracy in the past few
months which posed dangers against the international navigation
movement in the region, according to official reports.
An official source in Transportation Ministry said to the state-run
26sep.net that Yemen had decided to set up three centres for
monitoring the international waters in the Gulf of Aden as part of
efforts to fight piracy and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa.
"The centres would be established in the port cities of Aden and
Mukalla on the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea port of Houdieda", added
the source.
The sources affirmed that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates,
Oman, Djibouti, Jordan, Somalia, Comoros, France, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Madagascar, Madagascar, Maldives, The Seychelle Islands, South
Africa, Tanzania, Eritrea, Mozambique and Yemen would sign the
memorandum of understanding.
Since July, 12 ships have been hijacked in the narrow waterway
separating Yemen and Somalia by heavily-armed pirates operating
high-powered speedboats, according to the International Maritime
Bureau. Eleven are still being held for ransom.
Two rockets were fired at a French tuna fishing boat some 700
kilometres (435 miles) off the Somali coast on Saturday, in a sign
the pirates are moving further out to sea to evade military patrols
in coastal shipping areas.
Maritime experts say many attacks go unreported along Somalia's
3,700 kilometres of largely unpatrolled coastline.
The UN Security Council in June adopted a resolution authorising
foreign warships to enter Somalia's territorial waters with the
government's consent to combat pirates, though it has yet to be
implemented.
