Chinese, Iranian and Russian navies will conduct joint maritime drills from March 11-15 near the Gulf of Oman.
The drills are aimed at "jointly maintaining regional maritime security," © Mena Today
Chinese, Iranian and Russian navies will conduct joint maritime drills from March 11-15 near the Gulf of Oman, China's defense ministry said on Monday.
The drills are aimed at "jointly maintaining regional maritime security," the ministry said in a statement. China will send two guided missile warships and a supply ship to participate in the exercise, it said.
Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through the Strait of Hormuz stayed low over the weekend, shipping data from Kpler showed on Monday.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the U.S. next week.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday, but the United States held back from launching air strikes on Iran itself for the first night in two weeks.
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