Greece assumes control over the Force Command of IRINI

The EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the European joint mission in Libya, declared on Monday that Commodore Theodoros Mikropoulos, from the Hellenic Navy, completed his task as Chief of Staff of Operation and he will assume the situation of Force Commander. As modified, following a half year Italy leave the Force Command of the EU joint mission to Greece.

Colonel Filippo Quagliato, from the Italian Air Force, given over the obligation within the sight of the Operation Commander, Rear Admiral Fabio Agostini. “Commodore Mitropoulos was really valuable, he was helpful and estimated in a complex the second likewise because of the Coronavirus,” Agostini insisted. Theodoros Mitropoulos was conceived in Athens in 1965, has held various regulatory situations on an ordinary, operational, and vital level.

The European Council authoritatively received the choice to dispatch the Eunavfor Med Irini activity last March. The principle undertaking of the mission remains the execution of the UN arms ban on Libya. All the while with the dispatch of the Irini mission, the past one, Operation Sophia finished its exercises forever. The Irini mission (harmony in Greek) utilizes ships and air and satellite vehicles.

Specifically, the activity did reviews on the high oceans, off the shoreline of Libya, on vessels associated with conveying weapons or comparative material to or from Libya, as per the goal of the United Nations Security Council.

Among Irini’s auxiliary undertakings is observing and assembling data on unlawful oil sends out from Libya. It likewise partakes in strengthen the limits and the preparation of coastguards and officers of the Libyan naval force for exercises adrift. Irini likewise adds to the destroying of the plan of action of dealing with organizations. The mission’s order will at first last until March 31, 2021.