Government: Security forces still surrounding kidnapers

SANA'A, April 15 (Saba) -Security forces are still encircling
kidnappers of Dutch couple to arrest them, government's spokesman
Hasan al-Lawzi has said.

In a press conference held in Sana'a yesterday, al-Lawzi affirmed
that the Dutch couple, kidnapped two weeks ago by Yemeni tribesmen
in Bani Dhabyan district, Sana'a province, had been released without
paying a ransom

Al-Lawzi thanked citizens of Bani Dhabyan district who helped the
security authorities to release the Dutch water expert and his wife.
He also thanked the security forces as well as the local authority
in the district for their effort in releasing the couple.

Over increasing of piracy acts in the Gulf of Aden, al-Lawzi said
that the piracy is an international problem does not only concern
Yemen but also all regional countries.

He made it clear that fighting piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the
Arab Sea requires more local, regional and international efforts.
"There is security vision and Yemeni, regional and international
agreement to fight piracy," the spokesman indicated.