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New Zealand sending team to join Red Sea maritime coalition against Houthi attacks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNew Zealand announces it is sending a six-member team to join an international maritime security coalition in the Red Sea.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the country’s defense personnel will contribute to protecting ships in the Middle East from operational headquarters in the region and elsewhere.
“Houthi attacks against commercial and naval shipping are illegal, unacceptable and profoundly destabilizing,” Luxon says in a written statement.
The deployment is mandated to conclude no later than July 31.
Shipping in the Red Sea has come under attack from the Iran-backed Houthis in what the Yemen-based group is a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza amid the war sparked by the October 7 onslaught by the Hamas terror group.
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