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china and russia conduct joint patrol in north pacific for the first time

2024-09-23

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the chinese coast guard officially announced that on the 21st, a fleet consisting of the chinese coast guard meishan and xiushan ships and the russian coast guard petropavlovsk-kamchatsky and kamchatka patrol ships went to the high seas of the north pacific for a joint patrol. it is understood that this is the first time that the chinese and russian coast guards have conducted a joint patrol in the north pacific. experts interviewed by the global times said that the joint patrol of the chinese and russian coast guards is a test and improvement of the law enforcement capabilities of both sides, and has positive significance for better maintaining the world's marine security and fishery production order.

from september 16 to 20, a fleet of chinese coast guard ships, meishan and xiushan, visited russia and held joint exercises in the waters near peter the great bay in russia. the joint exercise focused on responding to threats to maritime law enforcement and security and maritime search and rescue, and focused on joint ship searches, interception and inspection of suspected criminal vessels, and rescue of people who fell into the water and ships on fire, in order to test the ability of the chinese and russian coast guards to jointly maintain maritime security.

military expert zhang junshe said in an interview with the global times on the 22nd that the joint exercise between the chinese and russian coast guards will help deepen the friendly and pragmatic cooperation between the two countries' maritime law enforcement forces, further improve the organization and coordination mechanism of joint patrols between the two countries' maritime law enforcement forces, enhance the ability of both sides to jointly respond to various maritime security threats, and help maintain regional maritime security. "the joint exercise and joint patrol between the chinese and russian coast guards are not aimed at any third party, nor are they related to the current regional security situation," zhang junshe emphasized.