In relation to the situation concerning the ship Buccaneer which was hijacked with a Croatian citizen among its crew members in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, 11 April 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, for the purposes o

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is carrying out coordination activities with the competent institutions, and actively cooperating with the Embassies of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Romania in Rome.

According to available information, all the Buccaneer seafarers are feeling well, while all necessary measures and activities, including contacts with the families of the kidnapped seafarers, are being taken in an attempt to resolve the present emergency situation as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration shall continue to regularly report all relevant new information and circumstances related to this case to the public, especially taking care of the protection of interests of all the seafarers who were kidnapped, including the Croatian citizen among them, and in a manner wholly coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic.