“Can I, as [head of] a government, refuse assistance to a government helping us bring these criminals to justice? “We have no other information,” he said.Information has so far been blurry on the real mission of the aircraft and its crew. Luxembourg, in fact, financed two CAE Merlin III aircraft to support the EU’s ATALANTA counter-piracy operation. In 2009, Luxembourg provided the Armed Forces of Malta Air Wing with a CASA 212 maritime patrol aircraft that it leased from CAE Aviation. The AFM used the aircraft for maritime patrol duties during Frontex’s Nautilus joint operation in the central Mediterranean.

Source: Libya Today October 26, 2016 18:33 UTC