Chinese fleet conducts 1st escort mission in Gulf of Aden

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This time, the escort area starts from the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden, and ends at the east entrance of the Mandab Strait, 550 miles in total, or about 1020 kilometers. The escort will mainly protect the safety of Chinese ships and people who pass through the Gulf of Aden and the Somalia sea area, as well as the safety of UN ships that transport humanitarian materials, like the UN World Food Program.

The escort will mainly protect the safety of Chinese ships and people who pass through the Gulf of Aden and the Somalia sea area, as well as the safety of UN ships that transport humanitarian materials, like the UN World Food Program.

The fleet, two destroyers and one supply ship, left a naval base on Hainan island on December 26th, under authorization from both the United Nations Security Council and Somalia's transitional government, to primarily escort Chinese merchant ships.