The ships of the Navy of Saudi Arabia join the NATO fleet in the Gulf of Aden to fight Somali pirates, said Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal.Al-Faisal did not specify how many ships and a class will be sent to the Gulf, says Bloomberg. According to the minister, the possibility of negotiations with Somali pirates have been exhausted, and the only way out of situations with increased capture of vessels in the Gulf of Aden is a power option. Recall that the Somali pirates captured in November owned Saudi company supertanker “Dog Star” with the team on board. This is the largest oil vessels ever captured piratami.Tanker shipped more than two million barrels of oil worth about 110 million dollars. The cost of the vessel is 150 million dollars. Pirates demand for Sirius Star “and 25 hostages ransom of 25 million dollars. Since the beginning of this year, Somali pirates seized more than 90 tankers and dry. As the pirates received a ransom of about $ 150 million. UN Security Council adopted a new resolution to tighten sanctions against piracy of Aden zalive.Operatsiya to counter Somali pirates is scheduled for Dec. 8.
