March 2023

On 23 and 24 March, the European Union and the United States of America conducted a joint naval exercise, as decided at the last round of the EU-U.S. High-Level Consultations on the Indo-Pacific on 2 December 2022.

VADM José M. Núñez Torrente presents the Operation in the symposium for Japan-EU cooperation for maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region.  

In a move aimed at further facilitating joint naval activities, on 15 March the European Union’s Naval Force Atalanta (EUNAVFOR Atalanta) and Japan’s Deployment Surface Force for Counter-Piracy Enforcement off the Coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden (DPSA) signed a new Administrative Arrangemen

VADM José M. Núñez Torrente carried out his visit together with the EU Senior Coordinator Amb. Michael Pulch  

The French Navy ships Helicopter-carrier DIXMUDE and Frigate LA FAYETTE captured more than one ton of narcotics