China, Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler

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China, Russia start ****** naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler

BEIJING (AP) — China and Russia’s naval forces on Sunday kicked off a ****** exercise at a military port in southern China on Sunday, official news agency Xinhua reported, days after

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Beijing a “decisive enabler” of the war in

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The ******** defense ministry said in a brief statement forces from both sides recently patrolled the western and northern Pacific Ocean and that the operation had nothing to do with international and regional situations and didn’t target any third party.

The exercise, which began in Guangdong province on Sunday and is expected to last until mid-July, aimed to demonstrate the capabilities of the navies in addressing security threats and preserving peace and stability globally and regionally, state broadcaster CCTV reported Saturday, adding it would include anti-missile exercises, sea strikes and air defense.

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reported the ******** and Russian naval forces carried out on-map military simulation and tactical coordination exercises after the opening ceremony in the city of Zhanjiang.

The ****** drills came on the heels of China’s latest tensions with NATO allies last week.

The sternly worded final communiqué, approved by the 32

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in Washington, made clear that China is becoming a focus of the military alliance, calling Beijing a

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. The ********* and North ********* members and

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increasingly see shared security concerns coming from Russia and its ****** supporters, especially China.

In response, China

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of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia. Its foreign ministry maintained that China has a fair and objective stance on the war in Ukraine.

Last week, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea also

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in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, ********* officials said. Its crew detected three vessels approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, which mark a separation and linkage between the North Pacific and the Bering Sea.

Later, a fourth ship was spotted approximately 84 miles (135 kilometers) north of the Amukta Pass.

The U.S. side said the ******** naval vessels operated within international rules and norms.

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