20.11.2009
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Russian Navy's task unit headed by large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko will start enhancing security of navigation near Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden, says the press release of RF Navy Information Activities Office received by RIA Novosti on Thursday.
"The task unit comprising large ASW ship
Admiral Chabanenko and auxiliary vessel is currently on planned route to the Mediterranean; on Nov 23 the ships will begin crossing the Suez Canal", specified the message.
Regular presence of Russian naval ships in region of Horn of Africa will be continued. As it was previously planned, ships of all fleets will be sent there by rotation.
According to recent report of UN Secretary General about piracy issue near Somalia, 306 pirate assaults were recorded worldwide in 2008; 136 of them happened near East Africa. Since Jan 1 till Sept 30, 2009 there have been about 300 messages of pirate attacks over the world, 160 of them occurred at East Africa region.
