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.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard targeted a U.S. airbase on Thursday after the U.S. military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes on an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump rejected a report he was close to a compromise deal with Tehran.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told a cabinet meeting that Iran very much wanted to make a deal, but that the U.S. was not satisfied with it yet.
An oil products tanker operated by Chinese shipping group COSCO was in the process of crossing through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, after two crude tankers sailed in the past day, although oil traffic overall was still limited, shipping data showed.
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