The European Union confirmed that it is engaged in efforts with its partners to confront Houthi threats to the security and safety of the Red Sea, in order to find effective solutions to these threats.

Luis Bueno, the European Union's Arabic spokesman for the Middle East and North Africa, pointed out that the EU countries are closely following developments in the Red Sea and the recent strikes against the Houthis.

The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority said early Tuesday that it had received a report about a small boat sailing around a ship in the Red Sea, about 57 nautical miles northwest of the Eritrean city of Assab.

The authority added in an advisory note that the ship and its crew were fine, and that it was sailing toward its next destination after security personnel on board fired “warning shots and the small boat disappeared.” She said that the authorities were investigating the incident, according to what Reuters reported.

He added in exclusive statements to Asharq Al-Awsat: “We are closely following what is happening in the Red Sea (Guardians of Prosperity)... Houthi attacks are a violation of international law.”

Bueno stressed that “it is important; More than ever before, implementing Security Council Resolution No. (2722), which condemns the Houthi attacks and calls for their immediate cessation,” expressing the “European Union’s strong condemnation of the Houthi attacks on commercial ships and their crews, and that they are unacceptable threats to maritime security and peace in the region, which is a problem.” International requires an international solution

The European diplomat revealed that “the European Union is engaged in efforts with its partners to confront the Houthi threats and find effective solutions,” noting that “there are currently ongoing discussions within the European Union Council about a European mission in the Red Sea in coordination with our partners.”

The official spokesman for the European Union apologized for not giving more details at the present time regarding the “European mission” planned to be established for the Red Sea, pointing out that “the details will be published in due time.”

The Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi group intensified its attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea in protest against the Israeli war in Gaza. According to what you announce. Various shipping lines suspended their operations and diverted their ships away from the Red Sea.

The American and British forces launched, at dawn on Friday, January 12, dozens of joint raids on several military sites belonging to the Houthis in the capital, Sanaa, and the governorates of Hodeidah, Taiz, Hajjah, and Saada.

At dawn on Saturday (January 13), the United States again targeted an air base in Sanaa, which has been under Houthi control since 2014. The US military said that it struck “a Houthi radar site.”