Three Chinese vessels, including a guided-missile destroyer warship, arrived in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday following a visit to the Saudi port city of Jeddah, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
China’s navy regularly tours the world and its ships patrol off the coasts of Yemen and Somalia as part of international anti-piracy operations. China’s navy visited Iran for the first time in 2014 to take part in joint naval exercises with Saudi Arabia’s regional arch-rival. Beijing relies on the Middle East for oil but has tended to leave Middle Eastern diplomacy to the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, Britain, France and Russia.
01-24-2017, 09:31 PM
Chinese warships tour Gulf Arab states
العرض الشجري