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KUWAIT, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on
Tuesday called for coordinated international action to combat piracy off
Somalia.
The minister, in remarks broadcast by Al-Arabia television channel, said
the takeover of the Saudi tank by pirates was an act of terror that should be
faced with international action.
Latest press reports about the Saudi supertanker, hijacked by pirates,
indicated that it was anchoring off Somalia.
The Sirius Star was the biggest vessel ever hijacked. It was seized in the
Indian Ocean off east Africa on Sunday.
Somali pirates have recently commandeered several ships and towed them to
locations at or off the coast of Somali territories. (end)
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