Japan Extends Anti-Piracy Mission Off Somalia’s Coast By 1 Year – Reports

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Last updated: November 10, 2020

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151018-N-NV908-588 INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Japanese Maritime Self-defense Force Akizuki-class destroyer JS Fuyuzuki (DD-118) sail alongside the Indian Deepak-class fleet tanker INS Shakti (A 57) during a replenishment-at-sea exercise as a part of Exercise Malabar 2015. Malabar is a continuing series of complex, high-end war fighting exercises conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a worldwide deployment en route to its new homeport in San Diego to complete a three-carrier homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad M. Trudeau/Released)

MOSCOW: The Japanese government has decided to extend its military anti-piracy mission off Somalia‘s coast by another year, media reported on Tuesday.

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force has been engaged in the mission to protect commercial ships passing along the Horn of Africa since 2009. The current mission will expire on November 19.

At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Japanese leadership also decided to increase the number of personnel involved in the mission, the NHK broadcaster said.

In addition, the Japanese government approved the extension of the participation of its Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a multinational peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt for another year amid the active presence of violent extremists, who frequently conduct attacks against police and army on the peninsula.

Source: urdupoint

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