EUTM RCA replace EUMAM RCA
Today (16 July 2016), the EU training mission of the Central African Army (EUTM RCA) was launched, with a two-year mandate. The mission is to provide advice and training but also to bring its military expertise to the EU Delegation, in particular to set up more general projects. Its role is defined according to three priorities:1.)…
Egypt Buy “former Russian” BPC Mistral Warships
Egypt had agreed to buy two Mistral warships (futur L1010, Gamal Abdel Nasser ; from June 2 2016 and L1020, Anwar el Sadat ; from September 16 2016) and which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the deal is the second big military contract this year between France and…
EUCAP Sahel Niger: new head of mission
“On 26 July 2016, Mrs. Kirsi Henriksson, a senior diplomat from Finland, was appointed Head of the European Union mission in Niger, EUCAP Sahel Niger. She will take up her duties on 1 September 2016. She will replace Mr Filip de Ceuninck who had been in the position since 2013. EUCAP Sahel Niger was launched…
EUNAVFOR MED / Operation Sophia – French Contribution
Read the Restricted report about EUNAVFOR MED (Wikileaks), Brussels, 28 January 2016 >>>Dear Dr. Turke good morning,according to your request I need to underlined that the number are not fixed but changeable due to the situation. We can normally count on – around 160 people in the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Rome – and around 60…