THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF BUSINESSES ETRANGERES STUDIES THE SITUATION
AROUND RUSSIAN PECHEURS ENLEVES A SOMALIA








MOSCOW, March 12.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  The Russian ministry of
the Businesses etrangeres takes all measurements necessary to get
informed about the state of the things reel concerning the two fishing
vessels hail by a group arms in the south with Somalia.

According to information preliminaires and non-confirmees, among the
members of crews of the boats appear eight Russian nationals and
twenty Kenyans.

" It is all the more difficult to obtain veridic information
considering the absence of a central government in Somalia since 1991,
which would ensure an effective control on the whole of the territory
of the country ", A declares the Department of the information and the
press of the Russian ministry of the Businesses etrangeres.  There are
not Russian representations in Somalia and the Russian ministry of the
Businesses etrangeres coopere with " the autorites of Kenya, other
countries of the area and structures appropriees of UNO " to have
information, according to the Department.

Moscow immediately starts from " the necessite of liberer the pecheurs
without conditions preliminaires ", A underlines the Russian ministry
of the Businesses etrangeres.