Chinese, Russian navies conclude joint patrol
Chinese sailors wave good-bye during a fleet separation ceremony in a sea area of the western Pacific, Aug. 20, 2025. Chinese and Russian naval fleets concluded a 15-day joint patrol following their separation in a sea area of the western Pacific on Wednesday morning. The patrol was conducted after a joint exercise by the two navies in the sea and air spaces near Vladivostok, Russia, which took place from Aug. 1 to 5. (Photo by Liu Longqin/Xinhua)
ABOARD DESTROYER SHAOXING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese and Russian naval fleets concluded a 15-day joint patrol following their separation in a sea area of the western Pacific on Wednesday morning.
During the joint patrol, the two sides alternated or shared command, working in close coordination and cooperation to carry out exercises such as joint search and rescue, joint replenishment, joint escort, and joint air defense.
The patrol was conducted after a joint exercise by the two navies in the sea and air spaces near Vladivostok, Russia, which took place from Aug. 1 to 5. ■
Chinese sailors stand aboard during a fleet separation ceremony in a sea area of the western Pacific, Aug. 20, 2025. Chinese and Russian naval fleets concluded a 15-day joint patrol following their separation in a sea area of the western Pacific on Wednesday morning.
The patrol was conducted after a joint exercise by the two navies in the sea and air spaces near Vladivostok, Russia, which took place from Aug. 1 to 5. (Photo by Duan Zhenjun/Xinhua)
Russian sailors wave good-bye during a fleet separation ceremony in a sea area of the western Pacific, Aug. 20, 2025. Chinese and Russian naval fleets concluded a 15-day joint patrol following their separation in a sea area of the western Pacific on Wednesday morning.
The patrol was conducted after a joint exercise by the two navies in the sea and air spaces near Vladivostok, Russia, which took place from Aug. 1 to 5. (Photo by Liu Longqin/Xinhua)
Chinese sailors wave good-bye during a fleet separation ceremony in a sea area of the western Pacific, Aug. 20, 2025. Chinese and Russian naval fleets concluded a 15-day joint patrol following their separation in a sea area of the western Pacific on Wednesday morning.
The patrol was conducted after a joint exercise by the two navies in the sea and air spaces near Vladivostok, Russia, which took place from Aug. 1 to 5. (Photo by Xu Qiang/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2025 shows vessels from the Chinese and Russian navies attending a fleet separation ceremony in a sea area of the western Pacific. Chinese and Russian naval fleets concluded a 15-day joint patrol following their separation in a sea area of the western Pacific on Wednesday morning.
The patrol was conducted after a joint exercise by the two navies in the sea and air spaces near Vladivostok, Russia, which took place from Aug. 1 to 5. (Photo by Wang Ke/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
