Became known the purpose of the visit of the NATO ships in the port of Odessa

Became known the purpose of the visit of the NATO ships in the port of Odessa

KIEV. March 24. UNN. The main objective of the trawler “Capricorn” Naval Forces of the French Republic, which docked on March 23 to the mooring of the Odessa marine station is to support bilateral cooperation in the naval sphere between Ukraine and France. This was during a formal meeting said the commander captain 2nd rank Vincent Magnan, reports UNN with reference to the press service of the defense Ministry.

“The main goal of the visit of our ship to Ukraine is to support bilateral cooperation in the naval sphere with your country, and security in the Black sea basin,” – said Magnan.

In turn, first Deputy commander Voyenno-Naval forces of Armed forces of Ukraine rear Admiral Alex Neiipp thanked the captain for his attention and support for Ukraine, implemented by the French Republic in the fight against Russian aggression.

Visit of the ship to Odessa will run until March 26. After the release of the trawler from the port, held bilateral exercises with ships and boats of the Navy of the Armed forces of Ukraine program PASSEX.

Also, as noted by Magnan, “Capricorn” is not the first is in the Black sea. In early July 2006 the crew of this ship in the squadron ships participated in the international naval exercise and went on an official visit to the Bulgarian port of Varna.

The defense Ministry added that the visit to the Ukrainian port of ships of NATO, this year is the second, after visiting Odessa in February 2019, the us missile destroyer “Donald cook”.

As reported UNN, on March 23 in the morning in Odessa commercial sea port entered the ship of NATO.

Recall that in late February in the port of Odessa arrived missile destroyer of the Navy of the United States USS Donald Cook (DDG 75). The visit of the ship lasted for three days.