01.06.2020...China and Pakistan launched a joint naval exercise on Monday in Karachi, a coastal city in Pakistan, according to the People's Liberation Army.
The nine-day "Sea Guardians 2020" exercise was organized to strengthen security cooperation, enhance and develop the nations' strategic partnership, foster joint efforts to safeguard seas and improve the two militaries' capabilities to handle sea-based terrorism and crime.
The exercise consists of two sessions-joint training in Karachi and live-fire drills in northern parts of the Arabian Sea-and will include workshops, tactical simulation, joint patrol, air and missile defense, law enforcement inspection and anti-submarine operations, the PLA said in a statement.
Pakistani children present flowers to members of the PLA Navy's Marine Corps in Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 6, 2020. (Photo/Xinhua)
Pakistani children hold the national flags of China and Pakistan after the welcome ceremony for the arriving Chinese warships at the port of Karachi on January 5, 2020. (Photo/eng.chinamil.com.cn)
The guided-missile destroyer Yinchuan (Hull 175) attached to the PLA Navy slowly steams into the Pakistani naval port in Karachi on the morning of January 5. (Photo/eng.chinamil.com.cn)
Pakistani sailors welcome the visiting Chinese submarine rescue ship Liugongdao (Hull 865) at the naval port on the morning of January 4, 2020. (Photo/eng.chinamil.com.cn)