00:00Regional conflict in Yemen, Iran and the wider Middle East are raising concerns that growing instability could fuel a resurgence
00:07of piracy along one of the world's most important shipping routes, naval commanders warned.
00:12More than 200 sailors, including a special operation team trained to retake vessels seized by pirates, are deployed aboard the
00:20frigates as part of the EU's Operation Atlanta Anti-Piracy Mission.
00:25We saw also two main peaks of the incidents. One of them started with the UTI's attacks in the Red
00:36Sea and the other in the beginning of the war in Strait of Armas.
00:42I'm not saying that there is a direct link with this crisis, but what can I say is that crisis
00:49creates crisis.
00:50Commanders say pirates could exploit the current instability by targeting commercial vessels, moving through the Gulf of Aden or waiting
01:01further offshore in the Somali basin.
01:05We can take two lines of action. The first one, come here to the Gulf of Aden with the most
01:12part of the traffic, merchant traffic, transits from Asia to the west.
01:22Or they can come here to what we call the Somali basin and wait for a possible target.
01:31The renewed concerns over piracy come at a time of heightened maritime tensions, with a Strait of Hormuz close amid
01:38the war in Iran and a certainty over a possibility of resumption of fighting between Tehran and Washington.
