Navy ships off the coast of Libya , officially engaged in an exercise but - according to the newspaper
La Stampa that he anticipated the news -
"ready to intervene in case of need."The ships should stop at the border of the territorial waters of Tripoli. Italian naval group is part of
the "San Giorgio", started from Brindisi, who has embarked in La Spezia the raiders of the battalion San Marco , the power elite army.According to the newspaper, the arrival of the Italian ship off the coast of Libya would be required to protect the strategic and commercial interests of Italy, beginning
Greenstream, the underwater pipeline of 'Eni , which runs for 520 kilometers in the Mediterranean , from the compression station Mellitah up to the terminal of Gela, Sicily. So far, the structure is protected by 20 000 men of the guard loyal to the legitimate government of
Tobruk but, given the precarious balance of the area,
the Italian naval force would be ready to intervene.
The government Renzi has ruled out any military operation and in fact the St. George and the convoy should stay in Italian waters but, concludes the article in the Turin daily, "in recent weeks the Navy is stepping maneuvers in the Mediterranean and from March 2 to return perform the '
Open Sea exercise in the waters of the Tyrrhenian and interrelated with , with the deployment of a large part of the available units. It will be an opportunity to flex its muscles in the face of a crisis very delicate. "For the General Claudio Graziano, Chief of Staff of Defense "exercise Offshore is repeated over time. Evidently exercises and training also play the role of deterrence. Other surveillance activities and protection are always in place - he said - then there is the readiness and preparation to execute policy directives and to ensure security. "http://www.si24.it/2015/02/28/la-nave-militare-san-giorgio-al-largo-della-libia-pronta-a-intervenire-in-caso-di-necessita/82144/
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