Imtiaz Sooliman – Korkie kidnapping update Gift of the Givers
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A representative from a media station discusses a three week extension on a football match, which was supposed to be extended due to a member of the Saudi government not wanting to negotiate a payment of $3 million. The representative explains that the government has been working to secure a release of tender, but they have not yet reached a solution. The segment also includes information about the member's health and conditions.
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Now for more on this story, I'm joined on the line by gift of the
givers, Director, MTS, sulaman. MTS, thanks so much for joining us
this morning. Now, according to your calculations, has the ransom
deadline passed? Yes, you know what the good news is, Psalm P is
still alive. The deadline, according to them, passed at
midnight last night. Remember I mentioned we had no communication
with them from yesterday morning and the whole day, they wouldn't.
They didn't respond to any calls last night, late at night, we call
them, and unless my representative wife moved away to a secure place
more than five hours away, then call them and whilst waiting for a
response from them if we decided to drive back, back to the area
they were, you know, from a left that took five hours at half past
three this morning, they met sitting in a car in a quiet,
isolated spot somewhere in Yemen, and they said, You know what they
were. The deadline was passed at midnight last night, but they've
renegotiated. They've given us a three weeks extension, but they
did tell us that PA is not in very good health, but that's where it
scans at the moment, we didn't discuss anything further, because
we just wanted to remake the connection, restart the dialog,
because we had lost communication for almost 48 hours. So to rebuild
the dialog, rebuild the trust. All we discuss is extension of three
weeks. It will ask PA is not well, and we said, we'll discuss
further, and we leave it for the next days to come.
Okay, now you've got a three week extension, but are they still
demanding the same ransom amount of $3 million we didn't discuss
that at that part of the morning. We just wanted an extension. And
we said, look, let's rebuild the dialog again. We can't raise that
issue at that moment of time, so we're just going to leave that,
start the dialog again and talk about that a little later. And
when are you hoping to speak to the negotiators again, sometime
today or later this weekend? Well, we were there, but we just
finished over them at half past six this morning. So from last
night, we were them to have a six this morning. They all, they all
want to go and sleep and rest. They need to speak to their own
people. And from from there, we need to talk. So now be about
meeting again, going to each other's places for each other, and
there after, I think seriously, from Monday next week, we will
start talking about figures and all those kind of things. Now the
government has sent International Relations deputy minister to
Yemen. Will gift of the givers be working with government to try and
secure corkis release government has to accept relate. That's from
the beginning. We've always maintained that they have to work,
work through a diplomatic arrangement, through the Yemeni
government, we don't need to do that. We already in touch, and the
government doesn't negotiate to terrorists. That the standard
policy for all governments. We already have engaged al Qaeda.
We've been talking to them. We've built rapport with them. We don't
want to break what we've already started. And if we introduce
anybody else in with us, they will may not trust us, and they'll
break the dialog. We can't risk that relationship that we've
developed with them. And because of the relationship, we have been
successful in getting your landing out, because of the relationship
they've understood now that we couldn't pay $3 million that's why
we didn't come last night, and we've now managed to grant, grant
an extension. Of course, we don't know if they're going to
renegotiate the ransom figure, but that's something we can talk
about, but we have to rebuild the dialog and then establish the
relationship further. They did tell us, of course, they wanted
information on their own to say that he's not in good health. And
that's one of the things I've been talking about in a week to say
that we extended very much longer. I'm afraid that he would have a
serious problem being kept, you know, in captivity, that his
illness is going to be a bigger threat, you know, than the
execution. Now, you spoke earlier about Pierre's health not being
very good. Do you have any more details on his condition? What
exactly is wrong with him? Health wise? No, his wife explained.
Miraland explained that he had hernia. He had ear infection, you
know, but she couldn't explain it properly medically. So we're not
too sure what exactly she means. But, you know, he's she said his
union is not passing out too well, and he's got some prolapse or
something in the bowel area. So we're not sure what it is. We're
not sure how long the hernia was there. Is it something new? Has he
had it for many years. Is it large? Will it consulate? Well,
something has seven. We can't make any comment. More medical
information, okay. Thank you very much. That was gift of the givers.
Director imtia suraman, with the latest on Pia Koki, he's still
being held hostage in Yemen and his ex, it's been he's been given
a three week extension on that ransom demand, which at this point
has not changed. Know more about your world, enca.com do.