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China, Britain hold maritime exercise
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-06-20 11:12
A Chinese fleet and a British fleet left Qingdao port for a maritime
exercises in Qingdao Sunday off the port city in East China's Shandong
Province.
Guided missile destroyer Harbin, fuel tanker Hongze Lake of the North Sea
Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will join in the exercise with
guided missile destroyer Exeter of British Royal Navy.
The first Sino-British maritime exercise in the nontraditional security field
will be directed by Zhang Panhong, chief of the general staff of the North Sea
Fleet of PLAN and David Snelson, chief-of-staff warfare to commander-in-chief of
the fleet of British Royal Navy. Fifteen navy attaches to China from 15
countries invited for the first time by China will observe the whole exercises
aboard destroyer Harbin.
The exercise is divided to three stages: Communication exercise; fleet order
changing; and search-and-rescue, including light flashing, flag voices and
helicopter tactic maneuvers.
Qian Lihua, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chinese Ministry
of National Defense, said this year is the fiftieth anniversary of establishment
of the Sino-British diplomatic ties.
Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Britain this year and the establishment of an
all-round Sino-British strategic partnership has upgraded the Sino-British
relations to a new level, he said.
He expressed his belief that the joint maritime exercise is bound to enhance
mutual understanding and mutual trust between the two armed
forces.
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