NATO is to divert seven warships, bound on the alliance's first-ever visit to Asia and Australia, to the coast of Somalia to fight piracy later this month, alliance ambassadors decided on Friday.The fleet of six frigates and a tanker, which had long been scheduled to visit Pakistan, Singapore and Australia, will first spend a month fighting piracy off the Horn of Africa, NATO said.
After their anti-piracy patrol, the seven ships in the flotilla - one Portuguese, one Canadian, one Dutch, one Spanish, one American and two German - are set to travel to Karachi, Singapore and Perth on a high-profile diplomatic mission.
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