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Ministers extend counter-piracy operation Atalanta

By Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt | 23 March 2012

The EU’s counter-piracy operation EU Naval Force (NAVFOR) Atalanta will be extended until December 2014, the Council agreed, on 23 March. Ministers also concurred on the extension of its area of operations to include Somali coastal territory, as well as the country’s territorial and internal...

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