Bulgaria is getting ready for negotiations with Somali pirates in response to the recent seizure of the Bulgarian bulk carrier MV Ruen, which is flagged under Malta.
Over the weekend, the vessel—captured last week—arrived off the coast of Puntland, Somalia, near Bander Murcaayo. The Bulgarian prime minister declared that negotiations over a ransom to free the ship’s crew were about to occur.
During the hijacking, the eighteen crew members took cover in the...