11 February 2012, 02:59 (GMT+04:00)

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Georgia's Embassy in UK seeking to release crew seized by pirates

Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 30 / Trend N. Kirtskhalia /

According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry's Consular Department, the Georgian Embassy in the UK is working to help release a crew seized by Somali pirates.

According to the Georgian side, several Georgian citizens were on the board. One was Batumi Georgi Shashikadze. The sailor contacted his family by phone last week.

Somali pirates seized the British ship Saint James Park yesterday.

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