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Two Russian sailors held in Mozambique as financial hostages, Moscow says
10:17 CAT | 22 Jan 2024
FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Maputo Port]
Two Russian sailors being held in the Mozambique port of Maputo are financial hostages in a dispute between the ship’s owner and its local customer, Russia’s foreign ministry told the state RIA news agency in remarks published on Sunday.
Russia’s SHOT news outlet reported last week on its Telegram that two Russians, a Lithuanian and two Ukrainians have been locked up on board a Cameroon-flagged fishing boat Volopas for eight months.
“They found themselves hostage to a financial and property dispute between the ship-owning company and a local agent company,” Russia’s foreign ministry told RIA.
Diplomatic efforts to repatriate the sailors have not been successful so far, the foreign ministry said.
Selon diverses sources diplomatiques🇷🇺, le navire de pêche VOLOPAS, battant pavillon camerounais 🇨🇲, serait immobilisé avec son équipage, depuis 5 mois, au port de MAPUTO. En cause, un différend financier et immobilier opposant l’armateur et son mandataire mozambicain.
— PATRICK OWONA (@eowonapatrick) January 22, 2024
Source: Reuters
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