From day one we’ve been there and attended the first
call of the German Frigate Bayern.
German Navy Takes Control of Lebanese Waters - 2006
The Italian navy Sunday handed over to German
command the UN naval force tasked with intercepting
arms shipments along Lebanon's coastline following the
2006 War in Lebanon.
The German Navy's largest Frigate, the Bayern, took
lead of the Bundesmarine mission.
Italy's Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi passed command of
the beefed-up force to Germany's Admiral Andreas
Krause during a ceremony aboard Italy's flagship
Garibaldi aircraft carrier in Beirut harbor.
The ceremony was also attended by United Nations
Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commander Major
General Alain Pellegrini who hailed the Italians' mission
"as a real success."
Germany has agreed to send up to 2,400 military
personnel to Lebanon in the country's first mission in
the Middle East since World War II.
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