The Chinese forces sailing on the fleet of warships that docked in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday held joint exercises with Iranian naval forces in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday. During the drill, the two sides practiced exchange of information and intelligence and relief and rescue operations, the Fars news agency reported. Rear Admial Hossein Azad, a top-ranking navy commander, said boosting technical capabilities, expansion of naval interaction between the two countries, exercising maritime relief operation as well as getting prepared to deal with maritime disasters were among the major goals of the maneuvers.
