Kuala Lumpur:
A Singapore-based shipping company, whose vessel with two Indians onboard was hijacked last week by Somali pirates, has said it was negotiating with the hijackers for the safe release of the crew.
Indian High Commissioner to Singapore T C A Raghavan said Pacific International, the shipping company, told him that it was negotiating with the hijackers.
"The High Commission is in touch with the company. The company has also said that its officials would visit families of all the crew onboard and meet them," Raghavan told PTI over phone from Singapore.
He said the company also assured that it will do whatever it takes to ensure that the crew is safe and released.
The ship MV Kota Wajar was hijacked by Somali pirates on October 15 in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometers north of the Seychelles Island.
No reports were immediately available and calls to the International Maritime Bureau's International Piracy Centre here went unanswered since Saturday.