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Turkish cargo ship “MOZART”.
Turkey has mobilized its diplomatic efforts to rescue the crew of its ship hijacked by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan contacted the captain of the crew.
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On Saturday night, Erdogan confirmed that he was closely following the incident and issued instructions to all officials to rescue the kidnapped members of the ship.
According to Anadolu Agency, Erdogan made two phone calls to the fourth captain of the ship “MOZART”, Furkan Yarn.
Turkish diplomatic sources told Anadolu Agency that Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşolu telephoned Bayarn for details of the incident.
Çavuşolu also called the operator of the “Boden” company that owns the ship, Osman Levent Karsan, to express his condolences and express his solidarity, assuring him that he will take whatever is necessary to free the crew of the hijacked ship and ensure their return to their homes.
The Turkish minister also made a phone call with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ceyhun Bayramov, to offer his condolences for the death of a citizen of his country as a result of the attack, promising to initiate the procedures for his immediate transfer to his country after the docking of the ship. .
The sources stressed that Turkey has mobilized all its embassies in the region, led by the Nigerian capital Abuja, with the aim of freeing the hostages.
On Saturday morning, the freighter “MOZART”, which was sailing under the Liberian flag, was attacked by pirates in the Strait of Guinea, killing one of the 19 crew members and kidnapping another 15.
Another 3 people remained on board the ship, which is currently heading to Port-Gentil in Gabon.
Source: “Anatolia” + agencies
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