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15th May – Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23
March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval
Force to take disruption action against known pirate supplies on the
shore, EU forces conducted an operation to destroy pirate equipment on
the Somali coastline.
The operation was conducted in
accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1851 and
has the full support of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.
The focused, precise and proportionate action was conducted from the air
and all forces returned safely to EU warships on completion. Whilst
assessment is on-going, surveillance of the area during the action
indicates that no Somalis were injured ashore as a result of EU action.
Speaking about the operation, the
Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Duncan Potts
said “We believe this action by the EU Naval Force will further increase
the pressure on, and disrupt pirates’ efforts to get out to sea to
attack merchant shipping and dhows. The local Somali people and
fishermen – many of whom have suffered so much because of piracy in the
region, can be reassured that our focus was on known pirate supplies and
will remain so in the future.”
At no point did EU Naval Force ‘boots’
go ashore. Rear Admiral Potts went on to say “The EU Naval Force action
against pirate supplies on the shoreline is merely an extension of the
disruption actions carried out against pirate ships at sea, and
Operation Atalanta remains committed to fighting piracy off the Horn of
Africa and the humanitarian mission of protecting World Food Programme
ships that bring vital aid to the Somali people.”
Operation Atalanta is part of
the EU’s comprehensive approach to tackling symptoms and root causes of
piracy in the Horn of Africa and the EU strategic framework for that
region adopted in November 2011. Currently there are 9 warships in the
EU Naval Force and 5 Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
The reach of Somali pirates is
vast; they have attacked merchant ships up to 1,750 miles off the Somali
coast. Preventing them getting out to sea is a cru
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