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The commander of the European Union's (EU) military operation in the Mediterranean, Operation IRINI, Rear admiral, Stefano Turchetto, said that the extension of the operation's mission confirmed that it had achieved important re
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The European Council has extended the mandate of Operation IRINI, tasked with implementing the arms embargo on Libya until March 31, 2025.
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Irish Government is expected to approve plans to send an Irish Naval ship to the waters off North Africa to enforce a UN arms embargo on Libya, the Irish Times said.
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The European Commission has denied the presence of the EU operation ‘Irini’ in the Central Mediterranean in the area where ‘main migratory routes are running’, EU’s lead foreign affairs spokesperson Peter Stano told reporters on
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The European naval operation “IRINI” announced that it had monitored 25 suspicious flights out of 1,131 flights to Libya in February.
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The foreign service's military committee of the European Union (EU) recommended in an internal memo to the ambassadors of member states in Brussels recommended that Operation Irini should remain until at least 31 March 2025 in l
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The European Union’s (EU) naval operation “Irini" published the results of its activities since its launch on March 31, 2020, to implement the arms embargo imposed on Libya based on UN Security Council resolutions.
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The maritime operation IRINI said it had intercepted and searched about 70 commercial vessels transiting the area of operations in the past 48 hours.
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