The spokesman for the European External Action Service, Peter Stano, announced on Wednesday 29 April that the arms embargo monitoring mission, EunavforMed Irini "could be operational from now onwards".
"The vast majority of Member States have pledged to provide staff and resources within a very short period of time", he explained.
Specifically, during the initial force generation that ended on 28 April, three ships and three aircraft were made available for the mission. The scheme will be...