Identifier
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09BRUSSELS839
2009-06-19 05:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
USEU Brussels
Cable title:  

EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE

Tags:  EUN EWWT MARR MOPS PREL XW 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000839 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2019
TAGS:
MOPS, MARR, PREL, EWWT, XW, XF, EUN
SUBJECT: EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE

Classified By: Pol M-C Christopher Davis for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000839

SIPDIS

PASS TO NAVCENT POLAD

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2019
TAGS:
MOPS, MARR, PREL, EWWT, XW, XF, EUN
SUBJECT: EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE

Classified By: Pol M-C Christopher Davis for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (C) On June 15, EU foreign ministers approved an
extension of the EU counter-piracy Operation ATALANTA's
mandate until December 13, 2010. According to the EU,s
official public statement announcing the extension, the
decision was taken with a view to facilitating future force
generation for the EU naval mission, which currently numbers
13 ships, of which 11 are surface combatants, supported by
three maritime patrol aircraft. The operation is mandated to
escort World Food Program shipping, provide a deterrence
presence, and intervene in the event of an attack on merchant
vessels. The EU's agreement with Kenya allows for the
handover of pirate suspects to the Kenyan government, and
after agreeing in May to extend the operation's area of
responsibility to the Seychelles, the EU is now close to an
agreement with the Seychelles to prosecute captured pirates.
MURRAY
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