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EUNAVFOR ASPIDES: Force Commander HOTO

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EUNAVFOR ASPIDES: Force Commander HOTO

03.07.2025 Press and information team - EUNAVFOR Operation ASPIDES

On July 1, onboard Italian Flagship ANDREA DORIA, in the presence of the Operation Commander, Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis (EL-N), Commodore Michail Pantouvakis (EL-N), handed over the duty of EUNAVFOR ASPIDES Force Commander to Captain Andrea Quondamatteo (IT-N).


Over the last five months, as Force Commander, Commodore Michail Pantouvakis (EL-N) supported the EU's commitment to protecting the freedom of navigation, seafarers' lives, and global common goods.

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