The Chief of Staff of the Navy, Gouveia e Melo, spoke about a new Mediterranean mission, where the Portuguese Navy “has been operating for years”.
The Portuguese Navy is to carry out an operation in the Mediterranean Sea, an area where these forces “have been operating for years”.
“We’re going to carry out another operation in the Mediterranean – without any specific or special concerns,” explained the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Gouveia e Melo, in statements to SIC Notícias.
The operation is taking place at a time when tensions are rising internationally. “The international context is worrying,” he pointed out, giving examples such as the conflict between the Islamist group Hamas and Tel Aviv, as well as the war in Ukraine.
“We’re prepared for these eventualities and we’re going to operate in the Mediterranean, as we always have,” he said, considering that the world is currently “volatile, it’s not stable”, but assuring that Portugal is prepared.
“We are prepared to operate and live in a world that is volatile and not stable. We are a Navy, we are part of an Armed Forces and we have to be prepared for these kinds of eventualities,” he explained.