Kallas Pushes to Boost EU Mission Against Houthis
Kallas urged EU capitals to add ships and aircraft to Aspides as Houthi control of key Yemeni coast positions threatens merchant traffic.
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The Houthis Red Sea capture hands the EU a major trade and security headache
Seemingly a second-tier problem from a civil war in a distant land, the Houthis' capture of Yemen's Red Sea coast actually risks major disruption to trade and the EU's security missions on the Horn of Africa.
The EU is considering strengthening the Aspides naval mission in the Red Sea, as Houthi threats to merchant ships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait increase and energy costs rise in Europe. The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has urged member states to increase their contribution to the Aspides mission, with warships and aircraft that could be used to protect shipping in one of the most important maritime corridors between the Indian Ocean and…
Kallas pushes to boost EU mission against Houthis
The EU is considering reinforcing Operation Aspides in the Red Sea, after Italy's request, with ships and aircraft to protect the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from attacks launched from Yemen. The passage is crucial for energy trade, as energy costs are skyrocketing across Europe.
"We need more naval and air facilities, properly equipped, to cope with the increase in the level of threats, including greater capacity to carry out close protection" to strengthen Aspides. (ANSA)
Brussels will send a letter to the Member States to involve them in the Red Sea. Tajani: "The region is strategic, but we are not at war with the Houthi"
EU High Representative Kallas called on member states to provide air and naval support to the Aspides mission in the Red Sea. In a letter sent to ministers on September 19, Kallas stated that the Houthis had gained greater leverage in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a situation that affected European interests.
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