The states of the European Union have reached an agreement "in principle" to launch a military operation to secure merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell says following a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.
🔶️ European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said after a foreign affairs council Monday that the council had greenlit a new mission proposed by Italy, France and Germany to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
🔶️ "We have agreed, in principle, to start the EU mission in the Red Sea," he said.
🔶️ "Now we have to work on unanimity as to when (it will start)," he added.
🔶️ European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said after a foreign affairs council Monday that the council had greenlit a new mission proposed by Italy, France and Germany to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
🔶️ "We have agreed, in principle, to start the EU mission in the Red Sea," he said.
🔶️ "Now we have to work on unanimity as to when (it will start)," he added.
The states of the European Union have reached an agreement "in principle" to launch a military operation to secure merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell says following a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.
🔶️ European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said after a foreign affairs council Monday that the council had greenlit a new mission proposed by Italy, France and Germany to protect Red Sea shipping from attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
🔶️ "We have agreed, in principle, to start the EU mission in the Red Sea," he said.
🔶️ "Now we have to work on unanimity as to when (it will start)," he added.
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