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MOSCOW | TASS | China’s army is taking part in the Ocean-2024 naval drill, which will be monitored by representatives from 15 countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
“Ships and aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army are taking parts in the drills,” he said as he attended online the launch of the active phase of the maneuvers. “Representatives from 15 countries have been invited as observers.”
“We focus special attention on strengthening military cooperation with friendly countries,” Putin said. “It is especially important today, amid the growing geopolitical tension in the world.”
The naval exercises that are being held in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean, Caspian, abs Baltic Seas involve more than 400 warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels, more than 120 planes and helicopters of the Russian Navy’s aviation and the Aerospace Forces, around 7,000 pieces of weaponry, as well as more than 90,000 troops.
The drills will be conducted in a bilateral format under General Direction of Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev.
“Today, naval units, in accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, are launching the Ocean 2024 strategic command and staff exercise which will run until September 16. The drills will be conducted in a bilateral format under General Direction of Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, and will be one of the major events of the Russian Armed Forces’ operational and combat training in 2024,” the statement reads.
