“We are very much advancing the work of a new maritime operation – it will be called ASPIDES, named after the Ancient Greek word for “shield”. It is a shield in order to act in purely defensive mode to protect merchant vessels, and two non-executive tasks of “accompanying” to deter with [its] presence and to strengthen maritime situational awareness.
“It will be deployed at sea, with ships and air assets, proportional to the threat we are facing. This mission ASPIDES will not conduct any operation on land – only at sea, in a purely defensive mode.
“Our goal is to establish and launch this mission ASPIDES, at the latest on the 19th of February. I hope and I am sure it will [be]. We will. Member States are strongly committed to that. Not of all of them will participate but no one is going to obstruct it”…
Source: EU: launches ASPIDES operation in Red Sea – EUROPE DIPLOMATIC



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