Gen. Syrén, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, accompanied today the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in her first visit to Atalanta's Operation Headquarters in Northwood (United Kingdom). Baroness Ashton, welcomed by the Operation Commander, Rear Admiral Hudson, received an intelligence briefing on Horn of Africa and was updated on the ongoing activities of EUNAVFOR in the Gulf of Aden and off the coasts of Somalia.

Gen. Syrén (left), Baroness Ashton (centre)
and Rear Adm. Hudson (right)