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The commander of Operation Irini concerned with monitoring the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution banning the supply of weapons to Libya, will soon travel to the capital, Tripoli, to discuss the possi
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The commander of the European Union’s (EU) Operation IRINI, Fabio Agostini, has confirmed to Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, that Libyan coastguards who were trained by the EU have not committed human rights vi
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The High Representative of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell said Operation IRINI off Libyan coast, which works to monitor the implementation of the UN arms embargo in the country, would be extended two more years
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A naval patrol of the European Irini Operation, tasked with monitoring the arms embargo to Libya, searched a merchant ship bound for Libya, according to an announcement by the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy
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The German warship ‘Berlin’, left for the Mediterranean from the Wilhelmshaven Naval Base on a mission to monitor the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations (UN) on Libya.
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Greek naval personnel conducted searches on two commercial ships whilst heading to Libya over the past two days, within the auspices of Operation IRINI.
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A German news agency quoted sources in the European Union (EU) that the latter intends to extend the mission of Operation IRINI to monitor the arms embargo on Libya for a further two years, to start in early April.
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Operation "IRINI" launched by the European Union to monitor the arms embargo on Libya is seeking to strengthen cooperation with the EU's border and coast guard agency (Frontex).
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