By NNN-KUNA,
Riyadh : Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdulrahman Al-Atiyyah has condemned the hijacking of a Saudi oil-tanker seized several days ago about 800 kilometres off the Kenyan coast and anchored at present somewhere on the Somali coast.
Al-Attiyah Wednesday described the incident as “despicable,” and a “direct threat to maritime navigation.”
He also expressed his extreme anxiety towards the increasing phenomenon of maritime piracy witnessed in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, calling the threat a form of terrorism.
GCC states condemn any act of terrorism in any shape or form that adds to the region’s instability, he said, calling on the international community to cooperate with the GCC in regard to the incident.