Russia and China held a joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea

Moscow, Jan 25 (EFE).- Russian and Chinese ships carried out a joint naval exercise in the waters of the Arabian Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. “The sailors of both countries rehearsed the release of a captured ship,” Defense said on the website. In addition, the Russian and Chinese ships carried out tactical maneuvers and organized the search of the “captured ship”. In the exercise, called “Pacific Sea-2022”, the transfer of a wounded man by helicopter from a Russian ship to a Chinese one was rehearsed. On the part of Russia, a group of the Pacific Fleet made up of three ships participated in the joint maneuvers: the cruiser “Variag”, the anti-submarine ship “Admiral Tibruts” and the supply ship “Boris Butoma”. The Chinese Navy sent the destroyer “Ürümqi” and the supply ship “Taihu” to the exercises. “Once the exercises were concluded, the ships of the Pacific Fleet continued to carry out the plan of their voyage.” In January this year, these same ships participated in the joint Russian-Indian exercises PASSEX and the Russian-Iranian-Chinese CHIRU-2022, both also in the Arabian Sea. EFE bsi / mj