France will send two frigates as part of the European Union’s naval mission Aspides in the Red Sea, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
– “We are in the process of setting up a purely defensive, purely escort mission, which must be prepared together with both European and non-European states,” Macron said after meeting with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Cyprus.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-will-send-two-warships-red-sea-macron-says-2026-03-09