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The Malian affiliate of terrorist organization Al-Qaeda announced on Wednesday that it will suspend negotiations for releasing five hostages, including a Romanian citizen abducted in Burkina Faso in 2015.

The four Romanians who are allegedly among a group of foreigners, mostly Israelis, held hostage by disgruntled Chinese laborers on isolated Caribbean island, were never in danger and were never taken hostage, the public Romanian radio said citing the Romanian ambassador to Tel-Aviv.