A Chinese naval fleet left Ningbo,?port city in east
China's Zhejiang Province, Monday for Pakistan to
participate in multi-national maritime military exercises.
The "Peace-07" exercises, sponsored by the Pakistani navy, will
involve warships, aircraft or special armed units from China, the
United States, Britain, France, Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Turkey.
The exercises are aimed at promoting cooperation and exchanges
among the navies and raise their capability of combating terrorist
attacks and taking joint actions as there are increasing maritime
terrorist threats and challenges.
This is the first time for a Chinese naval fleet to take part in
multinational military exercises. The fleet consists of two
frigates, namely, "Lianyungang" and "Sanming".
The Chinese navy will take this opportunity to enhance
cooperation with foreign counterparts and help build up its
capability in anti-terrorism and cooperation with foreign armed
forces, according to the foreign affairs office of China's National
Defense Ministry.
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(Xinhua News Agency February 19, 2007)