Five Greek sailors who were victims of pirates are in good health

Five Greek sailors are in good health on whose ship, a Greek interest supply tanker, was attacked by pirates in Nigeria.

The pirates took hostage the captain and two sailors of the five Greeks who belong to the crew of the ship Stelos K, which sails under the Togolese flag, according to the Ministry of Navigation and Insular Policy.

The other two crew members brought the ship to a safe port in Lagos.

Contacts are being maintained with the pirates to ensure the release of the three kidnapped sailors, according to the ministry.

At this stage, the information available to the Greek authorities is that the five sailors are in good health.

The Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Sailors denounced in a statement that made public that the relatives of the hostages have not yet been able to contact their relatives.

He asked that the families be informed immediately about the progress of the negotiations with the pirates: “the anxiety of the relatives of the sailors has reached its peak,” he stresses.

In its announcement, PENEN emphasizes that “the armed group that kidnapped the Greek sailors awaits the exchange of the hostages on the basis of an economic agreement (ransom) for their release.”

Calls on the Minister of Maritime Transport and Insular Policy, Mr. Giannis Plakiotakis, “to take the initiative both at the international maritime level and with the governments of the countries where the attacks occur, so that the problem can be addressed in the most effective way possible and thus protect the lives of seafarers, Greeks and foreigners, crew in Greek and international maritime transport “.

Source: ΑΠΕ

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