Bulgarian President Rumen Radev expressed his sincere gratitude for the Indian Navy after they have successfully carried out a rescue operation on a hijacked cargo ship in the Indian ocean, MV Ruen, in the Arabian Sea on Friday this month.
Among the 17 rescued crew members, seven were Bulgarian nationals travelling in the Indian ocean waters.
The Bulgarian President took to his official X account and said, “My sincere gratitude to PM @narendramodi for the brave action of Indian Navy rescuing the hijacked Bulgarian ship “Ruen” and its crew, including 7 Bulgarian citizens.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded had to Rumen Radev’s post on social media site X and said he greatly appreciated his message regarding this. PM Modi said India remains committed to combating piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean region the statement of interest for today.
“Appreciate your message, President of Bulgaria. We are happy that 7 Bulgarian nationals are safe and will be returning home soon. India is committed to protecting freedom of navigation and combating piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean region,” PM Modi said.
On Sunday, Mariya Garbriel, who is the Foreign Affairs Minister of Bulgaria, took to X (formerly twitter) and also expressed sincere gratitude to the Indian navy for the successful rescue operation. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also responded to his Bulgarian Minister’s gratitude on the social media platform X.
Responding to her post, External affairs Minister of India Jaishankar said, “That’s what friends are for.”
Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata which was patrolling in the Arabian sea has successfully captured all 35 Somali pirates who had hijacked a vessel in the Arabian Sea to surrender to India, and ensured the safe evacuation of 17 crew members on Saturday in wich 7 of them were of Bulgarian nationality.
Earlier on Sunday, the Indian Navy has intercepted the hijacked cargo ship MV Ruen and told the Somali pirates on board to surrender, a spokesperson from the Indian Navy said. The special forces of the Indian Navy, Marine Commando Force aka MARCOS India, had boarded the vessel, navy officials said.
Official Statement from the Navy
An Indian Navy statement read, “INS Kolkata had carried out the interception of the Pirate Ship Ruen almost 1,400 nm (2,600km) from the Indian Coast and forced the pirate ship to stop through calibrated actions which were augmented by INS Subhadra, HALE RPA, P8I maritime patrol aircraft and MARCOS PRAHARs air-dropped by C-17 aircraft.”
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