The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is set to make its first stopover in the Philippines on Friday as part of its mission, according to the Embassy of France to the Philippines and to Micronesia.
“Deployed in the Indo-Pacific as part of mission CLEMENCEAU 25, the French CSG will make an operational break in Subic Bay and Manila from the 21st February for an unprecedented visit,” the Embassy said.
The French CSG is composed of aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle, two multi-mission destroyers, an air defense destroyer, and the auxiliary oil replenishment ship Jacques Chevallier.
Mission CLEMENCEAU 25 : a demonstration of French naval power
Since last November, The French…