Reference News Network August 5 report. According to Sputnik News, on August 4, the joint naval exercise "Marine Cooperation-2025" between China and Russia entered the sea training phase on August 3. The participating ships of both sides left the military port in Vladivostok, Russia, and sailed toward the designated area for multi-item training.

The report said that at around 5 a.m. local time on August 3, with the assistance of Russian tugboats and port support personnel, the Chinese Navy's West Lake ship and the Russian "Belousov" rescue ship left the port first. Then the Chinese Weishan ship, Urumqi ship, and the Russian "Admiral Tribets" large anti-submarine ship, "Resonant" light frigate followed one by one. After completing the departure, both sides quickly formed a fleet according to the order of mixed Chinese and Russian warships, heading to the mission area. Both sides established communication links and exchanged information such as hydro-meteorological conditions of the sea area and air and sea situations.

According to the exercise plan, the China-Russia naval fleet will conduct a three-day sea training session, including courses such as submarine rescue, joint anti-submarine warfare, air defense and missile defense, and maritime operations, and carry out actual weapon training.

The China-Russia "Marine Cooperation-2025" joint exercise was opened on August 1 and will last until August 5. The exercise is themed "Jointly maintaining the security of strategic channels and jointly responding to security threats in the Western Pacific," aiming to further deepen the new era comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between China and Russia, and enhance the ability to jointly maintain international and regional peace and stability.

Since 2012, the "Marine Cooperation" series of exercises between China and Russia have been successfully held 10 times, becoming an important platform for cooperation between the navies of the two countries, comprehensively promoting the level of joint maritime operations.

Meanwhile, according to the website of Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao", from August 3, the navies of China and Russia began a three-day maritime drill. Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, emphasized at a regular press conference on July 30: "This is arranged within the annual cooperation plan between the two militaries, not targeting any third party, and unrelated to the current international and regional situation."

Zhang Xiaogang disclosed that after the "Marine Cooperation-2025" joint exercise, some participating forces from China and Russia will go to the relevant areas of the Pacific Ocean for the sixth joint maritime cruise.

The report stated that Chinese military expert Zhang Junshe analyzed that the normalization of China-Russia maritime cruises not only demonstrates the strength of both countries' navies but also shows their firm determination to maintain regional peace and stability, which helps to deter potential security threats. (Translated by Tong Shiqun)

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