Russia, Iran and China have begun a joint naval exercise in the northern Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman, the Iranian Navy said on Friday, APA reports citing Sputnik.
"These exercise's message is peace, friendship, and stable security," Gholamreza Tahani, an Iranian navy spokesman, said, as quoted by the military's website.
He added that the drill would cover the area of 17,000 kilometers [10,562 miles], stretching from the port of Chabahar to the northern part of the Indian Ocean.
"For the first time since the victory of the Islamic Revolution [of 1979] Iran is conducting an exercise with two global naval powers on such a level," Tahani noted.
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