{"id":11325,"date":"2026-06-17T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11325"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:38:00","slug":"greeces-contribution-to-operation-aspides-how-the-frigate-psara-enhances-maritime-security-in-the-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11325","title":{"rendered":"Greece\u2019s Contribution to Operation \u201cAspides\u201d: How the Frigate \u201cPsara\u201d Enhances Maritime Security in the Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>Greek contribution to Operation \u201cAspides\u201d <\/b>strengthens <b>the safety of navigation in the Red Sea<\/b> with the <b>frigate \u201cPsara\u201d<\/b> and the <b>protection of merchant <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.gr\/ploia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> on critical <b>maritime routes<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>enhanced Greek presence in the maritime operations of the European Union<\/b> is <b>now more tangibly reflected in Operation \u201cAspides\u201d<\/b>, where <b>Greece plays an active and operationally critical role in the security<\/b> of <b>shipping <\/b>in the <b>Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden<\/b>, through the <b>deployment of the frigate \u201cPsara\u201d<\/b>, which <b>participates in missions to escort and protect merchant ships<\/b> in one of the <b>most dangerous maritime regions in the world<\/b>; the Greek contribution strengthens the <b>European maritime security framework<\/b>, supports <b>the preservation of freedom of navigation<\/b> and highlights <b>the country\u2019s strategic role<\/b> in high-intensity operations, <b>where the protection of critical trade flows<\/b> is a key priority <b>for the stability of international transport and global trade<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>European Union\u2019s \u201cAs\u03c0\u03af\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2\u201d operation<\/b>, which <b>aims to protect international shipping<\/b> in the <b>Red Sea<\/b> and the <b>Gulf of Aden, announced that the Greek frigate \u201cPsara\u201d<\/b> successfully provided <b>support to merchant ships<\/b>, \u201censuring that <b>their crews and cargo reach their destination safely<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <b>\u201cAspides\u201d operation<\/b>, the <b>statement adds, continues to uphold \u201cits commitment to contributing to the freedom of<\/b>freedom of navigation and <b>to strengthening maritime security<\/b> in one of the <b>most vital and dangerous maritime corridors\u201d<\/b> in the <b>world<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s contribution to Operation \u201cAspides\u201d enhances maritime safety in the Red Sea with the frigate \u201cPsara\u201d and the protection of commercial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}