2024-04-04 05:25:56
The “IRINI” operation to monitor the arms embargo on Libya announced, in a statement, that it had monitored 10 suspicious flights to Libya during the month of last March.
Operation Irini stated, in its statement, that it carried out “3 visits on board ships suspected of violating the arms export embargo, and we investigated via radio with 352 other ships during the same month.”
The statement stressed that “Turkey is the only country that has refused to agree to board and inspect suspicious ships, since the establishment of Operation Irini 3 years ago.”
The statement concluded by explaining, “More than once, we confiscated shipments that violated the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations, and diverted ships to the port of one of the European Union member states.”
It is noteworthy that the European Union Naval Force Operation Irini (Erinfor Med Irini) was launched on March 31, 2020, with the aim of enforcing the United Nations embargo on the supply of arms to Libya. It is a European Union military operation under the umbrella of the Common Security and Defense Policy.
The forces participating in the “IRINI” mission conduct inspections of ships on the high seas in the event that they are suspected of carrying weapons or prohibited materials to and from Libya, in implementation of the United Nations resolution to impose an arms embargo on Libya since 2011.
The mission’s tasks include monitoring violations by air and land and sharing them with the United Nations, via aircraft, satellites, and advanced naval vessels belonging to several European countries.
The military mission monitors illicit exports of oil and refined petroleum products from Libya, and is also concerned with combating human smuggling and trafficking networks through gathering intelligence.
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2024-04-04 05:25:56