Research
On January 28, 2020, the Air Defense – Command (ADC) frigate Zr. Mrs. De Ruyter left Den Helder for the Strait of Hormuz ‘to strengthen maritime security in the Gulf region’. The frigate returned on 28 June 2020. With the frigate, the Netherlands contributed to the European-led Mission Awareness Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH) during the French-led naval operation Agénor.
In response to the motion Kerstens and Bosmans and the motion Kerstens and Van Oijk, about the involvement of
independent parties in evaluations of Dutch military contributions that fall under Article 100 of the Dutch constitution, the Missions and Operations Steering Group (SMO) has requested the HCSS to implement it the evaluation of EMASOH, or the mission for short.
This final evaluation is aimed at assessing the extent to which the objectives of the Dutch contribution to EMASOH have been achieved and how the military and diplomatic capacities have been deployed have contributed to it.
