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| Yemen plans new port to help piracy fight | ||
| 2009-02-22 | ||
SANAA - Yemen and France are planning an artificial harbour off YemenÂ’s Perim island to help the international campaign against piracy in the region, A French diplomat said on Saturday.
France, Yemen and Djibouti are preparing a letter of intent on an “agreement in principle” to create the harbour at Perim, which lies in a strategic location at the entrance to the Red Sea between Yemen and Djibouti, the diplomat added. Kouchner said he and Saleh explored ways their countries can join forces to battle against high-seas piracy. “We had very sincere talks,” that centred on increasing visits to Yemeni ports by foreign ships battling piracy and on helping train coastguards, the French foreign minister said. “We must look at stepping up regional cooperation to avoid security problems,” said Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi, noting that humble fishermen have been targeted by foreign vessels on counter-piracy operations. Yemen wants to create an operations coordination centre, since we “must help the fishermen to earn their living,” Kurbi said. The country currently operates only a small anti-piracy monitoring centre. Yemen will allow foreign warships to chase suspect vessels into its territorial waters, on a case by case basis and when Yemen is unable to act itself, a French diplomatic source said. It is “progress compared to a few months ago,” the source added.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 or a new naval base too get in on ther action of actually pirating since it sems such a lucrative buisness now |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-02-22 15:34 |