U.S. Navy says no word on pirate ransom demand

21/11/2008 - 8:31

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DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy and the operators of a Saudi oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million (16.8 million pound) ransom.

"I've read the reports but I can't confirm anything independently on that," Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet, told Reuters.

He said the U.S. Navy had no new information, but believed the vessel was still docked on the Somali coast at Haradheere.

A spokesman for Vela International, the Dubai-based shipping arm of Saudi Aramco, said he had no new information and declined to comment on reports of a ransom demand.

Vela operates the Sirius Star, which is owned by Saudi Aramco. The giant vessel with a capacity of two million barrels of oil, was seized by Somali pirates around a week ago.

French news agency AFP quoted one of the pirates on Thursday as saying they had demanded a $25 million ransom and set a 10 day deadline.

(Reporting by Lin Noueihed and Simon Webb, Editing by Michael Roddy)

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