Mission Aspides

 

Mission Aspides

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*       It is a European Union (EU) naval mission to protect cargo ships in the Red Sea from attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

*       It will send European warships and airborne early warning systems to the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and surrounding waters.

*       So far, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium have said they plan to contribute ships.

*       Aspides vessels, whose operational command centre will be in the Greek city of Larissa, will have orders to fire on the Houthis only if they attack first and will not be authorised to shoot pre-emptively.

*       The mission is planned for one year but may be renewed.

European Union:

*       The European Union is a group of 27 countries that operate as a cohesive economic and political block.

*       19 of these countries use EURO as their official currency. 8 EU members (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden) do not use the euro.

*       The EU grew out of a desire to form a single European political entity to end centuries of warfare among European countries that culminated with World War II and decimated much of the continent.

*       The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states in matters, where members have agreed to act as one.


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