EXTERNAL ACTION / Csdp

EUNAVFOR operation Med Sophia may begin training of coast guard and implementation of arms embargo

Brussels, 30/08/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 30 August, Political and Security Committee (COPS) ambassadors authorised the EU naval operation in the central Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR Med Sophia to begin two further activities: training coast guards and the Libyan navy, and contributing to implementation of the arms embargo on the high sea off the coast of Libya.

This decision, which follows on from the approval given by the Council of the EU on 20 June (EUROPE 11576), was taken after the ambassadors of the 28 member states had...