The Council today extended the mandate of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military operation in the Mediterranean – EUNAVFOR MED IRINI – until 31 March 2027. The decision was taken in the wake of the Strategic Review of the operation carried out by the Political and Security Committee.
In this context, the Council also decided to add a new task to the mandate of the operation. Operation IRINI will now extend its monitoring and surveillance activities and information gathering to cover illicit activities other than the trafficking of arms, and related materiel and illicit exports of petroleum from Libya. It will also collect information useful to the protection of critical maritime infrastructure and to contingency planning, thereby contributing further to maritime situational awareness in the area of operation and in the joint operation area. The reference amount for the common costs of Operation IRINI will be €16 350 000 for the period from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2027.
EUNAVFOR MED IRINI (Greek for ‘peace’) was launched on 31 March 2020 as a concrete contribution on the part of the European Union to the process set up by the international community to support the return to peace and stability in Libya.
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