Our Mission
•Preserve national security
•Safeguard sovereignty and territorial integrity
•Promote national interests overseas
•Boost national development
Defending sovereignty and territorial integrity
DEFENCE VECTOR
Jointly with the Armed Forces
The contribution of the navy to the Country is primarily safety, so to generate a peaceful environment and provide socio-economic development. Furthermore, the Navy’s power is excellent deterrence to face and manage an international crisis.
These objectives are contained in the following main functions:
•Safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity
•Maintaining a deterrence capability
•Managing Crisis
•Confronting low, medium, and high intensity conflicts
Protecting and Promoting Maritime Interests
MARITIME VECTOR
Institutional, with other State’s Services
The Navy contributes to the development of the country, through the surveillance and control of its maritime areas of responsibility, and the protection of its maritime interests. In recent years, thanks to the economic growth, its responsibilities have increase considerably and as a result, the need for human and material resources for surveillance and control duties have raise. Both of these elements structure the Maritime Vector with the following functions:
• Protection of human life at sea
• Prevention and pollution control
• Navigation security
• Publication of nautical charts
• Navigation aids
• Meteorological support
• Coastal communications
• Support to isolated areas
• Scientific marine research
• Promotion of nautical sports
Supporting National Foreign Policy
INTERNATIONAL VECTOR
In conjunction with other Countries
The Navy’s contribution is aimed at supporting National Foreign Policy by participating in multinational operations within International Law, making use of the benefits achieved to preserve peace and global stability. This also contributes to the economic and social development of the country, as a more secure world stimulates maritime transport, essential for foreign trade.
Within the scope of the International vector, the main functions of the Navy include:
•Participation in peace operations
•Combined exercises and operations
•Humanitarian support
•Naval presence
•Professional exchanges
•Mutual trust measures
