No word from pirates who seized sailors: Turkey
By Reuters
26 January 2021 |
2:39 pm
Pirates who attacked a container vessel in the Gulf of Guinea have not made contact, Turkey's foreign minister, after an incident that may increase pressure on Nigeria to do more to protect ships.
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