DUSHANBE, December 11, 2014, Asia-Plus /Avaz Yuldoshev/ — The Tajik MFA information department reports that in his response message, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdullah Mohammed Al-Saidi noted that the Yemeni law enforcement authorities have taken all necessary measures to secure release of the abducted Tajik national.
Yemeni foreign minister reportedly noted that the abduction of Tajik female nurse was not handiwork of terrorist groups and the process of negotiations was under control of the Yemeni law enforcement authorities and the case was on top of their priorities.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdullah Mohammed Al-Saidi expressed confidence that Ms. Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva will be freed within the next few days.
We will recall that Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva, 36, who was working as a nurse in Yemen’s Marib province, was kidnapped on October 29. Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva’s relatives say she was supposed to return to Tajikistan on November 13.
Tribal sources reportedly said the kidnappers are pressing the authorities to release fellow tribesmen held on criminal charges.
Tajikistan”s Foreign Ministry has asked Yemeni authorities to secure the release of Gulrukhsor Rofiyeva. Official Dushanbe has also asked the Russian embassy in Yemen to help secure the Tajik national”s freedom.
A release posted on the Yemeni Interior Ministry’s website on November 14 confirmed that the safety of the Tajik female nurse is on top of its priorities and security services in Marib are doing all they can to free the Tajik national.
The ministry revealed the names of the kidnappers, who are Mohammad Huraiqedan, Ali Huraiqedan and Nasser Huraiqedan; all from Al Meza’of Abida Tribe.
They are ex-convicts accused of committing crimes ranging from highway robbery, blocking roads to kidnapping foreigners, a statement by the Yemeni Ministry of Interior said.
It is to be noted that hundreds of foreigners have been abducted in Yemen over the past two decades by tribesmen who use them as bargaining means in disputes with the government.
There are other dozens of Tajik doctors still working in Yemen.
