Naval presence expansion on vessels fishing in Indian Ocean assessed

Rear Admiral Duncan Potts, Atalanta Operation Commander. (Photo: eunavfor.eu/Opagac/FIS) The Ministers of Defence of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) have started talks in Brussels to try to solve the shortage of warships in the Atalanta mission to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean.Some EU authorities intend to generalize the idea of taking military personnel onboard merchant ships and fishing vessels travelling off the coast of Somalia.It is expected that later this year

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