EU NAVFOR Visit
Baroness Ashton, High Representative, accompanied by General Haken Syren, Chairman of the EU Military Committee, visited the EU NAVFOR Operational HQ in Northwood on 17 Aug 11 to receive an update on the current operations. The VIPs also met the staff from the 27 Nations which support the EU mission protecting shipping off Somalia and conducting counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, the Somali Basin and western Indian Ocean.