Five Bulgarian Sailors Return Safely from Hijacked Ship "Ruen"
Five Bulgarian sailors who were part of the crew aboard the hijacked ship "Ruen" have safely returned to Varna
Politics | March 26, 2024, Tuesday // 08:27
Released Bulgaria Sailors to Pay Travel Expenses
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Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed that they will not pay the travel expenses of the freed Bulgarian sailors if they choose to return home.
Dragovest Goranov, the Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman stated late Sunday that the Bulgarian consul to Delhi will wait at the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka for the arrival of the sailors, the Bulgarian daily newspaper Standart reported.
Goranov added that if the sailors decide to return to Bulgaria the Consul will help them to book tickets, but he concluded that the sailors will have to fund their own traveling expenses.
Meanwhile, the original reports of a USD 2 M ransom being delivered to the Somali pirates who had kept the Bulgarian sailors hostage on the Malaspina Castle have been contradicted by journalist Elena Yoncheva, who has been in the region and stated that the real sum paid was USD 2.5 M.
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