Russian anti-piracy warships in Yemen

ADEN, Dec. 28 (Saba) – Yemeni military sources said that a Russian
warship for anti-piracy mission off Somalia arrived Sunday at the
southern harbor of Aden in a few-day visit.

Speaking to Saba, the sources said that the Russian warship would be
supplied in Aden with fuel and supplies. Another warship of the
Russian navy called "Elena" entered yesterday Aden port for the same
purpose.

The sources affirmed that the arrival of the Russian warships
repeatedly to Aden was in the framework of the military cooperation
between Yemen and Russia and for enforcing the two countries'
efforts to fight the piracy's acts off the coast of Somalia.

The ship was received by a number of Yemeni coastguard commanders in
Aden governorate.

The two warships are among a number of the Russian Navy's warships
located in the international waters of the Arab Sea and the Gulf of
Aden.

The Somali government has asked Russia to intervene against pirates
who are seizing several ships.

Somalia had allowed the Russian naval ships to enter the Somali
waters, and fight against pirates both in the sea and on the land.

The UN Security Council later adopted three more resolutions calling
on the international community to take an active part in the fight
against piracy off the Somali coast.

MD/YA