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[In brief] The frigate Psara rescues a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden

(B2) The Greek frigate HS Psara of the European maritime operation Eunavfor Aspides “successfully” carried out a close protection operation of a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, Eunavfor Aspides HQ said on Wednesday (July 3). It is a container ship of the Genoese shipping company, Linea Messina.

A frigate en route to Djibouti

A frigate on which the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, who will be in Djibouti this weekend with the Greek Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias, is to visit. He is in Larissa on Saturday (6 July) to visit the headquarters of the EU maritime operation in the Red Sea, EUNAVFOR Aspides.

Little reminder

« Merchant vessels must register with the MSCHoA vessel reporting system, in accordance with the recommendation on Maritime Safety Card Q6099, as soon as possible, no later than 72 hours before entering the reporting area », recalls the operation.

Three Houthi radar sites destroyed in Yemen

For its part, the American command (CentCom) announcement, also on Wednesday, having destroyed, during the last 24 hours, “ two Houthi radar sites in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen " as well as " two naval drones (USV) in the Red Sea ". He had announced, Monday (July 1), having already destroyed another Houthi radar in Yemen.

(NGV)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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