Portuguese Navy could return to NATO anti-piracy patrols off Somali coast

NATO’s military committee, comprising military chief’s from the organisation’s 28 member states, meets in Lisbon from September 18-20 and could decide to redeploy the alliance’s Horn of Africa naval patrols, including ...

a Portuguese Navy frigate, a military source has said.

The return of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1), including Portuguese frigate Alvares Cabral, to the Somali coast is on the agenda of the upcoming NATO meeting, the same source told the Lusa News Agency.

Portugal heads this NATO force until January 2010 and has proposed a new anti-piracy mission around Somalia.
NATO launched a Somali piracy mission last month that is being undertaken by SNMG2.

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