Admiral Enrico Credendino, commander of the EUNAVFOR Med Sophia naval operation, and Commodore Abdallah Toumia, commander of the Libyan coast guard and port security, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Rome on Tuesday 23 August on the training of Libyan coastguards and navy. On 20 June 2016, the Council decided to add this training mission to the work of EUNAVFOR Med Sophia (see EUROPE 11576).
The MoU is a key stage in moving towards the start of cooperation with Libyan...