On Monday 23 June EU Naval Force warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën hosted members of the Seychelles Coastguard. The visit was in support of EUCAP Nestor's initiative to promote regional maritime capability building.
On board the Dutch frigate eighteen recruits from the Coastguard were briefed on Operation Atalanta, the European Union's counter-piracy mission off the Coast of Somalia and the EU's Comprehensive Approach to the region. Following this, members of the ship's company gave a tour around the ship, with a focus on boarding operations and counter-piracy procedures.
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