Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The diplomats denied that the abduction of Russian people in Somalia.

Among the abducted in southern Somalia for humanitarian mission, the UN is not the Russians, ITAR-TASS reported with reference to the representatives of the Embassy of Russia in Kenya. Recall that information about the seizure of four UN workers there the morning of March 16. In news reports said that among the hostages is a citizen of Russia.
The UN staff who were going to go to Kenya, was hijacked 200 kilometers south of the Somali capital Mogadishu on their way to the airfield Wajid. The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization said that among the hostages was a citizen of Azerbaijan. At the moment it does not comment on any of the Russian Embassy in Kenya, nor in the UN Office in Nairobi.
According to the UN, working in the Kenyan capital, with the kidnappers have contacted, but there are no bad guys are not making claims. Where are the kidnappers and the hostages were reported. According to the AFP, the kidnappers are most likely to be members of one of the armed groups operating in the territory of Somalia.

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