EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday he was hopeful it could be decided later in the day which member state could lead the upcoming EU mission to protect vessels in the Red Sea, adding this operation could de launched before mid-February.

“Not all member states will be willing to participate but no one will obstruct (…) I hope that on the 17th of (February) the mission can be launched,” Borrell said.

He added the operation will be named Aspides , “which means protector”.

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  • angelsomething@lemmy.one
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    5 months ago

    Remind me of that community meme “I can forgive genocide but I draw the line at trading routes being endangered

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      5 months ago

      Just mostly miss the good old days where regular folks wouldn’t even know genocide was occurring until well into the genocide or until it was done.

      Those pesky journalists with their smartphones and internet connections keep recording those genocidal actions for the world to see.

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    5 months ago

    I’ll say it again: walking into ww3 because of fucking Israel.

    I’m not even really sure Israel thought this through.