Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud. Photo: Collected
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday(13 March) said efforts are being made to rescue the hijacked Bangladeshi flag carrier MV Abdullah and its 23 crew through the 'second party'.
He said that those who hijacked the ship have not yet been formally contacted.
"We are trying to communicate with the pirates via a second party," he told reporters after attending a program at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University.
Besides, “We have informed those who need to be contacted in this regard,” he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, the ship, carrying coal from Mozambique’s Maputo port to Al Hamriyah Port in the UAE, was attacked around noon.
MV Abdullah is owned by SR Shipping Lines – a sister company of Chattogram-based Kabir Steel and Rerolling Mill (KSRM) Group.
All crew members are being held hostage by the pirates, said KSRM’s media adviser Mizanul Islam.
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