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Developments of abducting Chinese experts discussed
[The Source: sana'a/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 17/05/2010]
Yemen and China held talks on Monday over the developments of abducting two Chinese experts working in one of the oil companies working in Yemen.
Undersecretary of Foreign Minister for Arab, African and Asian Affairs Ali al-Ayashi reviewed with the Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Yemen Chen Jian the efforts taken to free the abductees.Kidnappers who have been identified as people from the Laqmoush tribe abducted on Sunday two Chinese experts, two Yemeni soldiers and two drivers in the eastern province of Shabwa.The foreigners were working for a Chinese petroleum firm operating at the Almasila oil field.Urging the kidnappers to free the abductees without conditions and handing themselves to the authorities, Shabwa Governor Ali al-Ahmedi said on Monday that a security campaign had headed for the Hada district, Shabwa, to release the six abductees.The kidnapping, the first this year, took place in the district of Azzan and the hostages were taken to the mountainous Hada area, according to the ruling party GPC-run Almotamar website.The two cars carrying the six people were intercepted by armed people from the Laqmoush tribe when one of the experts was going to Mukalla for a vacation and the second heading to his workplace after ending his vacation in Mukalla
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