Malaysia said Tuesday that it was not considering military action to rescue the crew members of the two vessels held hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, in the waters of Somalia and Yemen if the situation worsens.
The government was optimistic that it could find a solution to rescue them, Malaysian deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said in Putrajaya, the administrative center of Malaysia.
The hostages were currently safe, he added.
The two ships with 65 Malaysian and nine Filipino crew members on board were hijacked on Aug. 19 and 29.
Najib said he was getting daily reports on the situation but could not reveal any details as yet.
"We cannot reveal the efforts that we are making to the public because in this ICT (information communication technology) era the pirates there will get to know about them. They are also monitoring what we do here," the national news agency Bernama quoted Najib as saying.
"We don't want to compromise the safety of the crew of the two ships. So, we will only announce our move when it is successful," he said.
Source:Xinhua
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