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NATO to establish liaison office in Djibouti

Xinhua, April 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

NATO will establish a liaison office in the Republic of Djibouti in support of the Alliance's counter piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden, according to a press release released by NATO Wednesday.

NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations, Ambassador Francesca Tardioli, and Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, H. E Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, signed the agreement Wednesday, it said.

The establishment of a liaison office will facilitate greater operational, logistical and administrative coordination. It will also provide the basis for further dialogue between NATO and Djibouti on potential partnership activities.

Djibouti is a supporter of the NATO Ocean Shield operation, which was first established in August 2009 and its current mandate will run until the end of 2016. Endit