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EU Approves Naval Mission to Protect Navigation in Red Sea - Italian Foreign Minister
EU Approves Naval Mission to Protect Navigation in Red Sea - Italian Foreign Minister
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The EU foreign ministers have approved the launch of a naval mission to protect navigation in the Red Sea amid an increase in attacks on cargo ships by Yemen's Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, with Italy set to take over the command of the forces, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday
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"At a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, we have just approved the launch of a military operation Aspides, where Italy will take command of the forces," Tajani wrote on X (former Twitter). Participants in the mission will not strike Houthi positions in Yemen, as the operation will be purely defensive, Tajani said earlier in February. This led US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to announce the creation of a multinational operation to secure navigation in the Red Sea. US and UK forces later launched major strikes against Houthi positions in a bid to degrade the rebels' ability to target commercial vessels.
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EU Approves Naval Mission to Protect Navigation in Red Sea - Italian Foreign Minister
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The EU foreign ministers have approved the launch of a naval mission to protect navigation in the Red Sea amid an increase in attacks on cargo ships by Yemen's Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, with Italy set to take over the command of the forces, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.
"At a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, we have just approved the launch of a military operation Aspides, where Italy will take command of the forces," Tajani wrote on X (former Twitter).
Participants in the mission will not strike
Houthi positions in Yemen, as the operation will be purely defensive, Tajani said earlier in February.
The Houthi movement, which controls large parts of northern and western Yemen, vowed in November 2023 to attack any ships associated with Israel until it halts military actions in the Gaza Strip.
This led US Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin to announce the creation of a multinational operation to secure navigation in the Red Sea. US and UK forces later launched
major strikes against Houthi positions in a bid to degrade the rebels' ability to target commercial vessels.
