3 kidnapped Chinese workers released in Turkey
Xinhua, October 11, 2014 Adjust font size:
Three kidnapped Chinese workers were released in southeastern Turkey on Friday, the Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Yu Hongyang told Xinhua.
The ambassador said that the three workers who were kidnapped in southeastern Turkey in August were freed in southeastern Turkey, and they are in good conditions.
The three Chinese workers who worked in a thermal power plant in Silopi District of southeastern Turkey's Sirnak Province, constructed by China Machinery Engineering Corporation, were kidnapped in August, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy said.
The Chinese government attached great importance to the incident and asked the Turkish government to go all out to rescue the kidnapped Chinese workers, the spokesman added.
Chinese government expressed thanks to the Turkish side and other social parts in cooperation to rescue the kidnapped workers, the Chinese embassy in Turkey said.