"The official position is that of Senegal Fisheries Minister Ali Haidar ," according to A. The Coulibaly

Dakar was quick to respond by bringing on Tuesday replica in Moscow in the case of the fishing vessel boarded Russian Oleg Naydenov Saturday , 46 miles ( 85 km) from the coast of Guinea -Bissau by Senegalese soldiers by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti has reported that the ship's crew consisted of 62 Russians and 20 citizens of Guinea -Bissau.

The Minister of Good Governance and spokesman of the government, Abdou Latif Coulibaly, told us that Senegal transmits on the same wavelength as his Minister of Fisheries, Aly Haidar length, in charge of this .

Ali Haidar, who ruled on the case Monday expressed support for laws penalizing heavily boats looters. Thus he was asked a fine of 400 million francs against the crew . The financial penalty has doubled due to the recurrence observed. The Minister's position is that Haidar government official and therefore told us Mr. Coulibaly, joined Tuesday by phone by writing " IGFM ." " When a minister who has mastered more a matter said a thing is what the Government of Senegal ," said Abdou Latif Coulibaly .

As a reminder, Moscow on Monday denounced the methods of Senegalese soldiers , Delegate for Human Rights of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Konstantin Dolgov has " doubts " in an interview with RIA Novosti that the methods used by Senegalese military at the arrest of the Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov were justified.

" The methods used during the boarding of a fishing vessel were probably not justified in this situation ", said the diplomat.

According to the trawler captain Vadim Mantourov who needs medical care, according to Russian news agency , there was confrontation between the crew and the Senegalese soldiers who "have used brute force ."
Senegalese soldiers who escorted the boat in the port of Dakar gave way to the military police . Crew , Russian and Guinean members have seen their passports , even said Russian news agency . According to the Senegalese soldiers , the ship was caught illegally fishing in Senegalese waters . The Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries ( Rosrybolovstvo ) has previously stated that the ship complied with the letter of the international standards.

Russian version relayed by the press is far from being shared by Senegalese fishermen , many of whom have denounced the practice of Russian trawlers that respect no international rule and "worst decimate wildlife ." Many Russian ships were surprised overnight in Senegalese waters without tag showing their presence , fishing illegally, no Senegalese boat can do in Russian waters , plague does one side of Dakar where we beginning to realize that it is time to protect fisheries resources.

 Harouna FALL