The pirate-held Asian Glory with ten Ukrainian citizens aboard has changed its course and is sailing back to the coast of Somalia, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service said on Thursday.

According to the latest information received from the Ukrainian Embassy in Great Britain, the ship has returned to its previous mooring off the Somali coast.

On Wednesday, February 17, the vessel was reported to venture into the open ocean, heading south of the Somali coast.

As reported, Somali pirates hijacked the Asian Glory, a British-flagged car carrier with ten Ukrainian citizens on board, in the Indian Ocean, 600 miles off the coast of Somalia on January 2, 2010. The ship has a crew of 25, including ten Ukrainians, eight Bulgarians, five Indians, and two Romanians. The Asian Glory was built in 1994 and is owned by London-based Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd.

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