Libya, France to join US naval exercises: Greece

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

ATHENS (AFP) — Libyan ships will join those of 11 other nations in naval exercises with the US Sixth Fleet this month as part of joint efforts to enhance security in the Mediterranean, the Greek navy said Tuesday.

The operation will link the United States and other NATO nations in exercises with the states of the so-called "Mediterranean Dialogue," an enterprise thought up 14 years ago to combine forces to fight terrorism but never yet properly implemented.

In addition to the United States, countries participating in the April 8-22 manoeuvres will include France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Malta, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya.

The operation, codenamed Phoenix Express 2008, aims at joint training in procedures for surveillance...

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