For the first time in history, Chinese and Russian navies will begin a significant joint naval exercise in The Mediterranean Sea in mid-May.<\/p>\n
Citied by RT, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said that \u201cThe aim is to deepen both countries\u2019 friendly and practical cooperation, and increase our navies\u2019 ability to jointly deal with maritime security threats,\u201d but diplomatically added \u201cthese exercises are not aimed at any third party and have nothing to do with the regional situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Against a background of this week\u2019s \u201cupgraded Japan-American military relationship\u201d following Abe\u2019s visit to Obama, as one analyst notes, \u201cthe geopolitical significance of its exercising alongside Russia will not be lost on the U.S. and NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n
While it was unclear if directly related to the upcoming \u201chistoric\u201d drill, the Bosphorus Navy Blog reports that in what is a comparable \u201cfirst\u201d yesterday two warships from Peoples Republic of China were seen passing through the Bosphorus, and entering the Black Sea.<\/p>\n
NATO promptly responded and hours ago AP reported that a top NATO commander said the alliance will briefly move its allied joint force command from Italy to Romania – which has a historic Black Sea port in the town of Constanta – as NATO continues to react to Russia\u2019s moves in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Admiral Mark Ferguson, Commander of Allied Joint Force Command based in Naples, Italy, said the command will be based in Cincu, central Romania, for 12 days in June, to support a NATO exercise involving 1,000 troops from 21 NATO states.<\/p>\n
Cincu is Romania\u2019s largest military shooting range, some 180 kilometers (112 miles) northwest of Bucharest.<\/p>\n
Source: Zerohedge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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