The 30 ° Naval Group meets the French Navy

04/03/14

In the context of the training activities conducted by the 30 Naval Group in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, on the morning of the 27 February, the team supplier Etna and the frigate Bergamini crossed their routes with that of the French frigate Commandant Birot engaged in the area in activity of maritime surveillance and counter piracy from 15 last January.

"Following the growing international interest in protecting the safety of maritime traffic in this part of Africa, the opportunity was propitious to extend the surveillance area and conduct joint training activities, aimed at consolidating interoperability and the collaboration between the various naval means and the cooperation in the fight against piracy through the exchange of information and experiences between the two Marines ”are the words of an officer of the Operations Service on board.

"The surveillance carried out by the neighboring coastal states, the criminal aims and the territorial morphology make the difference", to support it is the dott. Clausi, expert in geo-politics in support of the 30 ° Naval Group.

Source: Military Navy