The Foreign Minister of Somalia Mohammed Abdullahi Omar has urged world powers to do more to fight the root cause of piracy on land rather than trying to tackle the problem on the high seas. He told a counter-piracy conference in Dubai that the pirates are winning despite the efforts by foreign nations to try to contain them as they shift their operations further from his country's shores. He said the lack of an effective Somali government, with military and police forces to back it up, is at the core of the piracy scourge. He called on foreign countries to make urgent and necessary investment in Somali security forces to help the country's weak government to establish authority in the country. Meanwhile, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said in New Delhi on Monday that saving the lives of Indians held hostage by Somali pirates is government's prime concern. Mr. Ravi said, the pirates were using people as hostages and trying to bargain for the release of the good number of their people in custody. He said the Indian Navy had gone into action and the Ministries of External Affairs and Home were dealing with the matter. AIR correspondent reports, Indian warships have been escorting merchant vessels in the Indian Ocean as part of international anti-piracy efforts.