Italy supports Yemen in counter-terrorism efforts

30/7/2012 -


Alsahwah.net-The Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry stated that Italy supports Yemen efforts in counter-terrorism efforts hours after an Italian who worked as a security officer in the Italian Embassy in Yemen was abducted.

In a phone call with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Di Santagata, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi said the hunt for the kidnappers had begun, Saba reported late on Sunday.

A spokesman for the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome said a security officer who was a member of the country's Carabinieri military police had been seized in Yemen and that a crisis committee had been activated.