Rescue Mission in Motion: Efforts to Retrieve Kidnapped Fishermen from Somalian Pirates
During a meeting held on 2024-05-06 at the Fisheries Ministry, Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda informed the families of the Fishermen who were on board an abducted vessel that two months ago, Somalian Pirates had taken a Sri Lankan Fishing Vessel. Fortunately, the Coast Guards of Seychelles rescued the vessel with the fishermen on board.
Diplomatic efforts have been underway to repatriate these fishermen and the Minister has raised this issue multiple times at Cabinet meetings in order to bring the fishermen back to…