In a statement, the foreign ministry said that the comment was made during a meeting held by the minister and Attorney General Mohamed Anil with senior officials from the Russian embassy in Sri Lankan capital Colombo, to explain the circumstances surrounding Seleznyov's arrest. According to the ministry, the two ministers explained to the Russian officials that the Maldives had followed "past practices" in dealing with Interpol red notices. The two sides also discussed on entering into agreements in order to avoid such incidents in the future, the ministry added. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday that Seleznyov was arrested by the Secret Service on July 5. He had been "indicted in the Western District of Washington in March 2011 for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers throughout the United States between October 2009 and February 2011," the department said. The charges made against Seleznyov in the indictment include "five counts of bank fraud, eight counts of intentionally causing damage to a protected computer, eight counts of obtaining information from a protected computer, one count of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, two counts of trafficking unauthorized access devices, and five counts of aggravated identity theft." Though US had not revealed the location where his arrest had been made, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that US Secret Service agents had "kidnapped" Russian parliamentarian Valery Seleznyov's son at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA). "On the same day, he was forced by agents of American secret service into a private jet and delivered to Guam Island," the statement read, stressing that they considered this incident as "another Washington's unfriendly step." The Russian government also held Maldivian authorities at blame; "The stance of Maldives' authorities cannot be but outraging, since despite the existing international legislation norms they allowed another country's special service to kidnap a Russian citizen and take him out of the country." "We demand that the Maldives' government provides necessary explanations." Meanwhile, Seleznyov's father had called on authorities to impose economic sanctions against the Maldives in order to "avoid further kidnappings."