On the 10
th of May, the EU, Japan and Djibouti carried out a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden in a continued effort to strengthen the efficiency of tactical procedures between navies. The exercise builds on the
It comes after the adoption of an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, last month, calling for increased joint activities in order to promote maritime security in the region.
The 20-hour exercise based on a counter-piracy scenario involved Operation Atalanta flagship, ITS Carabiniere, the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer JS Setogiri, Djibouti Coast Guard patrol boats and the Djiboutian Navy operating from their Navy Maritime Awareness Centre.
EU NAVFOR SOMALIA – OPERATION ATALANTA HOLDS CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY April 21, 2021 - 13:06
Vice Admiral José María Nuñez Torrente relieves Admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río Jáudenes as Commander, EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation ATALANTA
Rota, April 2021 During the ceremony, Admiral Eugenio Díaz del Río Jáudenes (Spanish Navy), Operation Commander European Naval Force Somalia – Operation ATALANTA, handed over command to Vice Admiral José María Nuñez Torrente (Spanish Navy).
VA Nuñez´s appointment to Operation Commander occurs after the promotion of Admiral Díaz del Río and his assignment as new Commander of the Spanish Fleet. It has been a brief, but, nevertheless, intense mandate maintaining operational stability in order to continue EU NAVFOR´s efforts to deter, prevent and repress piracy in the Southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and Western Indian Ocean and protect World Food Programme aid deliveries to Somalia, as well as other vulner
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