The EU’s mission in the Red Sea, EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, has already repelled 11 attacks by Houthi rebels since it was launched on 19 February, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, announced on Monday 8 April (see EUROPE B13353A8).
“In less than two months since its launch, the operation has escorted 68 ships and repelled 11 attacks”, he explained at a press conference with the Operation Commander, Commodore Vasileios Gryparis...