EU maritime security strategy approved

EU News 280/2014

Council of the European Union
Luxembourg, 24 June 2014
11177/14
(OR. en)
PRESSE 356

On the initiative of the Hellenic Presidency, the Council today endorsed an EU maritime security strategy as a framework for effectively and comprehensively addressing the EU's maritime security challenges.

The objective is to secure the EU's maritime security interests against risks and threats in the global maritime domain, such as cross-border and organised crime, threats to freedom of navigation, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or environmental risks. The strategy covers both internal and external aspects of the Union's maritime security in a cross-sectorial and comprehensive approach.

Source and additional information:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/143352.pdf

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