Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says pirates are people who are defending their rights.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has slammed representation of Somali pirates as criminals, saying they act within their rights to "defend their territorial water".
Speaking a two-day summit of Saharan states in the Sabrata City on Saturday, Gaddafi said Western countries are to blame for the maritime crisis off the Horn of Africa state, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Gaddafi says that the pirates are hungry men who only carry guns to hijack those who are looting the Somali resources.
The Libyan leader, who was elected chairman of the African Union earlier this year, went so far as to suggest Somali pirates were on an anti-looting mission in their waters.
"They are not pirates but people who are defending their rights."
Gaddafi said the Somali pirates need real help and that Libya will accuse several countries of violating the international law if they do not stop their interference in Somali waters.
Courtesy: Press TV
Gaddafi says that the pirates are hungry men who only carry guns to hijack those who are looting the Somali resources.
The Libyan leader, who was elected chairman of the African Union earlier this year, went so far as to suggest Somali pirates were on an anti-looting mission in their waters.
"They are not pirates but people who are defending their rights."
Gaddafi said the Somali pirates need real help and that Libya will accuse several countries of violating the international law if they do not stop their interference in Somali waters.
Courtesy: Press TV
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