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LOCAL Friday 27 May 2022
Ceremonial entry Zr.Ms. Groningen in Aruba
Zr.Ms. Groningen will pay a ners, such as the Coast-
short harbor visit to Aruba guard Caribbean Region
on May 27th around 08:30. and the American Joint In-
Completely according to teragency Task Force South
tradition the crew will be (JIATF-South).
ceremoniously welcomed.
The ship is present in the re- The Royal Dutch Navy has
gion since April, but has not 4 patrol ships of the Holland
yet paid a visit to Aruba. class. These OPV’s (Ocean-
Going Patrol Vessels) are
In the Caribbean Region flexibly deployable vessels
the crew focuses on coun- for monitoring coastal wa-
ter drug operations, among ters. In addition, they can
other things. In this way, the be used for law enforce-
armed forces fulfill their ment such as counter drug
constitutional tasks, such as operations and humanitar-
promoting and maintain- ian tasks such as providing
ing the international legal emergency aid. This year
order and stability. The op- Defense has already inter-
erations take place in col- cepted about 4000 kilo-
laboration with chain part- grams of drugs.
