Air defence and command frigate HNLMS Evertsen will stay in the Mediterranean for another month, until the beginning of May. Ministers Tom Berendsen (Foreign Affairs) and Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (Defence) informed the House of Representatives accordingly last week. HNLMS Evertsen is part of a French Carrier Strike Group and is tasked with protecting the fleet and Cyprus against airborne threats.
Last week, the vessel neutralised a drone during an exercise in a shooting range near Crete.