July 20, 2017

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on July 15 that China's  People's Liberation Army Navy fleet will arrive at the Russian Baltic Sea port Baltiysk at the end of July to conduct the Maritime Interaction-2017 Russia-China joint naval military exercises. The exercises are divided into two stages, and the first will be conducted in the Baltic Sea in late July. On the way to the Baltic Sea, China's fleet will also conduct live fire exercises in the Mediterranean. The second stage of the exercises will be held in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Since their beginning in 2012, the Maritime Interaction joint naval exercises have been a fixed mechanism of China-Russia military cooperation and an important part of comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

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