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China and Russia prepare for Pacific Rim navy drill in US, Japan and South Korea’s wake
- PLA and Russian warships converge near Jeju Island less than a week after a US-led military exercise wrapped up in the region
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Sylvie Zhuangin Beijing
The Chinese and Russian navies are preparing for a joint Pacific Rim patrol just days after the US, Japan and South Korea wrapped up a trilateral drill in the same area.
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“The corvette Sovershenny of the Pacific Fleet arrived at a meeting point with a detachment of People’s Liberation Army Navy’s warships in the Strait of Korea near [South Korea’s] Jeju Island,” Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday, without saying when the drill would start or how long it would take.
The vessels would also conduct anti-submarine, anti-aircraft defence, and search and rescue operations, it said.
It is the fourth joint maritime patrol between the two countries in the Pacific Rim.
Russia’s Tass news agency said the Chinese naval group included the destroyer Yinchuan, the frigate Hengshui and the replenishment ship Weishanhu.
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