Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu held a phone conversation, Azerbaijani media outlets say.
Cavusoglu offered his condolences to Jeyhun Bayramov for the death of an Azerbaijani crew member of the Turkish cargo ship.
The ministers strictly condemned the pirates’ actions as they violate international law.
Cavusoglu said that search efforts are underway, adding the deceased Azerbaijani citizen’s body will be timely transferred to his motherland.
Pirates assaulted a Turkish cargo ship near the coast of Nigeria. They killed one of the crew members, an Azerbaijani national, and took 15 hostages.