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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11551
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) csdp

Political agreement to protect and extend EUNAVFOR MED Sophia mandate

Brussels, 13/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 12 May, the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC) agreed to extend the mandate for one year of the EUNAVFOR Med Sophia naval operation in the Mediterranean, and to assign it two new tasks - to support the Libyan coastguard and navy, and to help implement the United Nations arms embargo on Libya.

On Friday 13 May, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini hailed this new political...

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