JAKARTA - Indonesia on Friday sent a warship to support maintaining security in the waters of Somali following the rampant piracy there, Indonesian Military Commander General Djoko Santoso said here. "The participation has been coordinated with the United Nation," Santoso said during the deployment of the ship here in Jakarta.
The Indonesian warship would join 14 foreign warships, which have been securing the Somali waters now, the Antara news agency reported. These warships are from Japan, the United States, India, Russia, European Union and others. Somalia's offshore waters are highly prone to piracy. The international maritime bureau reported that at least 24 attacks had taken place in the region in the first months of this year.
Somalian armed groups had held hostage 10 ships recently and asked for a ransom to be paid at Eyl, a former fishery port in the country.
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JAKARTA - Indonesia on Friday sent a warship to support maintaining security in the waters of Somali following the rampant piracy there, Indonesian Military Commander General Djoko Santoso said here. "The participation has been coordinated with the United Nation," Santoso said during the deployment of the ship here in Jakarta.
