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Senegalese Embassy in Moscow refuses to comment situation around arrested Russian trawler

The embassy does not deny reports saying the charge d’affairs has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, January 09. /ITAR-TASS/. The Senegalese charge d’affairs in Moscow said he had no powers to comment on the situation around the detention of Russia’s fishing trawler Oleg Naidenov.

“The Senegalese charge d’affairs has no powers to comment on the incident. The ambassador is currently in Senegal and will be there till the end of the month,” the Senegalese Embassy in Russia told Itar-Tass.

The embassy does not deny reports saying the charge d’affairs has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry due to the situation around the Russian trawler.

 

Incident with trawler Oleg Naidenov

The trawler Oleg Naidenov was detained off Guinea Bissau on January 4 for suspected illegal fishing, Lieutenant-Colonel Adama Diop, from the public relations office at the Senegalese Army, said last week.