CPP_FAPF French forces operating in Asia-Pacific

🇫🇷 Since January 1, the @FrenchForces have established a Pacific Command (CPP FRPACOM). As a new global strategic center of gravity, the Pacific region faces various security challenges. France the only European nation in the Pacific is strengthening its command architecture 1/4

🇫🇷🇰🇷 During #HIMANTURA, a frigate from New Caledonia called at Busan, South Korea. The visit paid tribute to a French Korean War veteran and hosted 18 EU ambassadors, in the presence of Korean, US and French officials, strengthening ties and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.

🇫🇷🇯🇵France takes part in Japan’s #KeenSword exercise for the first time.
A French frigate joined 8 other nations in this exercise focused on defending the Japanese archipelago and strengthening interoperability.🚢

#MISSION_HIMANTURA | 🇫🇷 Falcon 50 jet is taking part in the international ECC mission, supporting UN sanctions against North Korea. Its crew monitors maritime traffic and tracks suspicious ship-to-ship transfers of oil, coal and iron ore to detect sanctions violations.

#OCEANIE26 | The #FAPF inspected a foreign fishing vessel on the high seas pocket between the EEZs of Kiribati and Tuvalu, alongside the WCPFC and @TunaFFA to face illegal fishing and protect marine resources. 🚢🚁
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