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Toledo, July 7, 2023 – The Operation Commander (OPCDR) of EU NAVFOR ATALANTA, Vice Admiral Núñez Torrente, has participated at the EU Defence Policy Directors (DPD) meeting, held this Friday in Toledo within the fr

The event took place in the OHQ Rota on 6 July 2023.

The event took place in Brussels from 7 to 9 June 2023.

Last week saw the departure of two French warships supporting the operation.

La Fayette-class frigate SURCOUF of the French Navy captured more than two tons of hashish

On 16-18 May, EUNAVFOR OHQ Legal Advisor, MAJ Rodrigo Lorenzo, was invited to attend a meeting organised by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Lagos, Nigeria.

On May 4, 2023, the Operation Commander (OPCDR) of EU NAVFOR - Operation Atalanta, Vice Admiral José María Núñez Torrente awarded the 41st Escort Squadron of the Armada, with an emblem of the Operation on the occasion of the prolonged and successful participation in

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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