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EU Greenlights Red Sea Naval Mission

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ANSA reporting that EU High Representatives for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has confirmed that the EU foreign affairs council today, "greenlit a new mission proposed by Italy, France and Germany to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels."

  • Borrell said: "We have agreed, in principle, to start the EU mission in the Red Sea... Now we have to work on unanimity as to when (it will start)."
  • Borrell told reporters ahead of today's meeting in Spain that the “sole goal," of the mission would be to protect shipping, adding that the EU, "should do what is possible to guarantee the freedom of navigation but at the same time, avoid an escalation."

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