Chinese fleet of warships docks at Iran’s Bandar Abbas
Changchun 150, an anti-air guided missile destroyer, is the new flagship of
China’s East Sea Fleet.
PRESSTV (Iran) Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:57AM GMT
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A Chinese fleet of warships has docked into the southern Iranian port city
of Bandar Abbas.

The fleet, comprising a warship and a destroyer, docked on Saturday for the
first time ever.

The Chinese fleet docked into the Iranian territorial waters with the
purpose of increasing interaction between the Islamic Republic and China. It
was returning from a mission in the Gulf of Aden.

On March 4, 2013, the 24th fleet of Iran’s Navy, comprising Sabalan
destroyer and Kharg helicopter carrier, docked at China’s port city of
Zhangjiagang after sailing 13,000 kilometers in 40 days.

The Iranian Navy said in a statement on September 17 that Iran’s naval
forces rescued a Chinese container ship from an attack by pirates in the
Gulf of Aden.

It added that five boats, each containing five armed pirates, attacked the
Chinese ship, Xin Lian Yun Gang, in an attempt to hijack the vessel, but the
Iranian Navy’s 31st fleet of war vessels foiled the move.

The Chinese vessel was reportedly on its way from Singapore to the port of
Jeddah in Saudi Arabia when it came under attack. It continued its voyage
after being rescued from the pirates.

In April 2012, Iran’s naval forces also rescued a Chinese cargo vessel
seized by Somali pirates in international waters off the southern Iranian
port city of Bandar Jask and detained the hijackers.

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