LITHUANIAN SAILOR IS RELEASED
On 4 July, Dmitrijus Baškirovas, skipper of the motor-ship “Argo” owned by Limarko Shipping Company, was released from kidnappers who had taken him as a hostage during a raid at the Port of Douala in Cameroon on 17 May. The skipper is alive and well.
Following a medical exam and the testimony to Nigerian officials, D.Baškirovas will return home at an early date.
The family of the skipper has been informed of his release.
An agent of Limarko Shipping Company is taking care of D.Baškirovas at the Port of Lagos in Nigeria.
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis thanks partner countries and the inter-institutional working group for their support.