Spain - Carme Chacón proposes extension of Operation Atalanta against piracy to 2014

At a meeting held by European Union Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers in Brussels, the acting Minister for Defence, Carme Chacón, proposed that Operation Atalanta against piracy in the Indian Ocean be extended for a further two years.Carme Chacón stressed that Operation Atalanta, which is set to run until December 2012, has been the most successful EU mission to date. She also highlighted that, as of the first week of December and for the third time since the mission was

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