Mutli-Cooperative Exercise MCE 2019

EUROMARFOR a écrit:

Royal Moroccan Navy hosts in Casablanca the main planning conference for the upcoming Multi-Cooperative Exercise 19 #MCE19 with EUROMARFOR

EUROMARFOR a écrit:

MULTI-COOPERATIVE EXERCISE 2019 - FINAL COORDINATION CONFERENCE IN LISBON
The final coordination meeting was held in the COMEUROMARFOR headquarter located in the Portuguese Navy Naval Base. During two days Royal Moroccan Navy Delegation and Euromarfor permanent cell had been setting the final detail and conditions to employ a maritime force composed by ships, helicopters and specialists teams.

For the fifth time Royal Morccan Navy and Euromarfor are together to strengthen the proficuos cooperation on maritime security with special attention to counter terrorism settings, maritime interdiction operations to face with illegal activities at sea.

The Multicooperative exercise 2019 will take place in the begnning of july in Morocco where the EUROMARFOR task group will join the Royal Moroccan Navy units.

EUROMARFOR a écrit:

EUROMARFOR TASK GROUP READY TO START ACTIVITIES WITH ROYAL MOROCCAN NAVY
The European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) task group, composed by the Portuguese frigate “Corte-Real”, as flag-ship, and the Spanish frigate “Victoria”, will visit Casablanca, Morocco, from the 1st to the 3rd of July.

This port visit aims at the preparation of the “Multi-cooperative Exercise 2019” (MCE19) that will take place in Morocco from the 3rd to the 5th of July, focused on the multilateral cooperation between EUROMARFOR and the Royal Moroccan Navy.

Moored at Casablanca Naval Base, the ships participating in MCE19 exercise will conduct several training events, in the scope of maritime interdiction operations (embargo), search and rescue operations, diving, force protection against asymmetric and terrorist threats, medical assistance and damage control.
One of the highlights of this port visit is, undoubtedly, the EUROMARFOR reception on the 2nd of July, with the presence of several local authorities including the ambassadors of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.

After the departure from Casablanca the sea phase of the exercise MCE19 will begin and the EUROMARFOR task group, under command of Captain Salvadode Figueiredo, from Portuguese Navy, will operate with the frigate “Tarik Ben Ziyad” of the Royal Moroccan Navy, conducting an operational training programme focused in Maritime Security Operations.

The Command of EUROMARFOR is held, since 19th September 2017, by the Portuguese Navy Fleet Commander, Vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.

La fragata #Victoria ha recibido en #Casablanca la visita del Excmo. Embajador de España en Marruecos @EmbEspanaRabat. 🇪🇸 🇲🇦
La unidad participa en los ejercicios #MCE19 @EUROMARFOR, enfocados en la seguridad marítima. pic.twitter.com/nyEE4wZWwX

— Armada Española (@Armada_esp) July 4, 2019

Citation :

COMEUROMARFOR warmly received in Casablanca during cooperation activity

The opportunity to have a very proficuos talk arose with the beginning of the 5th Multi-cooperative exercise between Royal Moroccan Navy and European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR), The task group, composed by the Portuguese frigate “Corte-Real”, as flag-ship, and the Spanish frigate “Victoria”, called in Casablanca, harbour from the 1st to the 3rd of July in which the crews started an harbour training and warm up prior to the sea phase aimed to enhance the maritime security.

The activities in port included several events hosted by the Royal Moroccan Navy and by COMEUROMARFOR onboard his flgships, NRP Corte-Real. This events resuted in very proficuos opportunity to allow high qualified talks and continue the very poitive dialog aimed to strenghten the cooperation in the next years.