From NATO:  Representatives from 47 nations and organisations involved in counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean met at NATO Headquarters today to exchange views, share experiences and discuss ways to enhance synergies between their respective efforts in the Indian Ocean.

Participants included representatives from Australia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. The European Union, which runs Operation Atalanta, the United Nations and the African Union also attended the meeting. . . .

‘This is a true international team effort’ NATO’s Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said, ‘because we are working together, we are having an effect in helping to secure the Gulf of Aden’.  (photo: AP)

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