India, Aug. 22 -- India said on Friday that all 22 Indian seafarers on board two foreign-flagged merchant vessels hijacked by pirates off the coast of Yemen and Somalia are safe and authorities are taking steps to ensure their welfare and safety. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a media briefing that the foreign-flagged ships had been hijacked. "We are in touch with the authorities that are concerned in this and we have 22 Indian nationals - 16 on one and six on the other - and all of them are reportedly safe," he said. htc
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