Violation of the arms embargo, this is the reason why at around 07:00 today a naval unit of Operation EUNAVFOR MED irini blocked and inspected the freighter Royal Diamond 7 in international waters about 150 km north of the Libyan city of Derna (Cyrenaica).
The ship, reported by the UN Panel of Experts for Libya, left the port of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates for Benghazi in Libya with a cargo of kerosene for airplanes, presumably destined for military purposes. This fuel is considered as "military material" by the UN and therefore UN Security Council Resolution 2292 (2016) on the arms embargo on Libya, confirmed and extended by resolution 2526 (2020), applies.
The German ship Hamburg, supported by the Italian ship Margottini from which Admiral Ettore Socci - commander at sea of the assets assigned to Operation IRINI - conducted the activity, prevented the merchant from accessing Libyan territorial waters and is diverting it to a port of the European Union for further checks and investigations.
Operation irini it is the concrete demonstration of the European Union's commitment to the Berlin process, to contribute to the stabilization of Libya and guarantee peace for its people.
