22/04/24 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 22 April, the Council of the EU accepted the invitation from the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment Secretariat to become a “friend” (observer) of this regional cooperation framework aimed at combating piracy, armed robbery, human trafficking and other illegal maritime activities in the north-west Indian Ocean, in particular the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. “By becoming ‘Friend’ of the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment, the...