Military of China, force comment.
Military of China, force comment.

18 am local time , the third batch of Chinese naval fleet escort the “Zhoushan” ship (front), “Xuzhou” ship (in) with Russia “Telibuci Admiral” ship (later) change during the maneuver squadron formation.

Xinhua Gulf of Aden on September 21 (Reporter Guo Gang) by the Chinese side, “Zhoushan” ship, “Lake” with the Russian ship “Admiral Telibuci” Russian navy ships involved in the organization of the second joint convoy, after more than 40 hours at sea, at 18 o’clock on the 20th, local time (GMT 23:00) Xu, Ding Wandong arrival in Banda Aceh after the Department announced the successful completion of the waters.

Reporters learned from the fleet command center, the joint convoy was at 19:00 on the 18th (Beijing time at 0:00 on the 19th) started by China and Russia to escort merchant ships and fleet composition mighty, along the convoy route from west to east China’s sailing. The joint sub-rotation command is still used to escort the way, the first half of the Russian escort fleet commander, Major General commanding Xieergaia Liao Keming Sharansky, at 17:45 on the 19th (GMT 22:45) by Wang Zhiguo, China’s escort fleet commander, Major General commanding. The two sides during the second joint convoy, Russia has conducted a number of ship-borne helicopters, patrol, and timely care to be informed of the fleet sailing ship, near the sea safety and other relevant circumstances.

second joint Sino-Russian naval convoy operation, a total of 25 merchant ships to provide security, the highest Chinese naval fleet escort the Gulf of Aden, off the Somali coast since the single-task batch execute convoy escort merchant number of new records.

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