Exercise Canale '98

The annual Livex exercise organised Bilaterally by the Maltese and the Italian Armed Forces, Canale '98 will be held in Malta during the period Friday 12th and Wednesday 17th June 1998. This year's Maritime and Land Exercisewas planned and will be co-ordinated by the Armed Forces of Malta. This exercise is made up of three phases:

• Maritime Search and Rescue

• Control of Merchant Shipping

• Peace support and humanitarian assistance

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Naval, air and land units from the Maltese and Italian Armed Forces will be participating in all phases of the exercise.

The French and Turkish Navy will be participating in the first two phases of the exercise with the following frigates:

French Navy: Commandant Bouan
Turkish Navy: TGC BGE

Eleven Mediterranean countries forming part of the EUROMED Process have also been invited to participate as Observers.

It is estimated that over 1300 troops will be taking part in these exercises.