TALLINN- Five of the 13 crew members of the Danish managed cargo ship that was taken hostage by pirates off coast of Somalian are linked with Estonia, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said.
Representatives from the Estonian Foreign Ministry met with representatives of the ship's operator Clipper Group in Copenhagen on Nov. 9 to get an overview of the situation and to decide what further action will need to be taken. of further steps, spokesperson for the Estonian Foreign Ministry Kersti Luha told BNS.
"The shipping company has confirned that there are 13 people on board the ship held by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, one of whom is a citizen of Georgia and one is holder of an Estonian alien's passport. The rest of the crew members are Russian citizens, but four of them have Estonian residence permits," Estonian Foreign Ministry representative Kersti Luha said.
"The homes of five members of the ship's crew are in Estonia, and that is what determines the planning of our activity. On the part of the Foreign Ministry Estonia's wish is to act as quickly as possible so that the families of those people would be urgently informed about all developments," Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said.
The company said that that it was in contact with the relatives of all the crew members and was keeping them informed about the situation.
The company repeated earlier reports that the crew members were unhurt.
Estonia has raised the issue of rampant piracy in Somalia's coastal waters both in the European Union and NATO.
The Bahamas-flagged ship, CEC Future, is operated Clipper Group , a Danish company. There have been no reports of a ransom demand.
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