Varna:Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to its citizens, advising them to avoid working on vessels in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov after a cargo ship incident. At approximately 130 a.m. on October 13, the CHELSEA-3 cargo vessel was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea, about 18 nautical miles east of Byala, Bulgaria.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, all eight Azerbaijani citizens among the 15 crew members aboard the ship were rescued. Ramin Rauf oglu Gambarli, one of the Azerbaijani crew members, was hospitalized at a military facility in Varna and remains under medical supervision. The other seven Azerbaijani crew members have undergone initial medical examinations, and their condition is satisfactory.
The Head of the Press Service Department of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajizada, informed journalists about the incident. He noted that the Foreign Ministry is working with Azerbaijan’s diplomatic missions and relevant authorities from other countries to provide medical and consular assistance to the affected citizens and ensure their safe return to Azerbaijan.
Hajizada reiterated the ministry’s call for Azerbaijani citizens to avoid traveling to conflict zones or areas with unstable security conditions, and to refrain from working in those regions or on ships operating in high-risk areas, especially in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.