China, Russia and Iran set to hold joint-naval drills – Gript

China, Russia and Iran are set to hold joint-naval drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, as tensions between East and West appear to be heating up.

“This exercise will help deepen practical cooperation between the participating countries’ navies,” the Chinese Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that it would “inject positive energy into regional peace and stability.”

China in particular has dispatched one of its guided missile destroyers to participate in the event. It is reportedly focused on search and rescue missions, and other non-combat drills.

The Security Bond 2023 exercises come at a time of hostility between the participant countries and the United States.

There have been heightened tensions between China and America since last month when a suspected Chinese spy balloon was found drifting across the continental United States. After significant controversy, US airforce pilots shot the craft down – a move which China dubbed an “overreaction.”

China, which is aligned with Russia geopolitically, has reportedly been in talks about supplying the Kremlin with drones to aid in its war effort against Ukraine.

Beijing has also urged America to abandon its “Cold War” mentality of assuming everything Russia and China dos is done “with evil intention.”

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang added that unless the U.S. changes course “there will surely be conflict and confrontation.”

Similarly, tensions have been running high between the US and Russia since the outbreak of the Ukraine war.

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China, Russia and Iran set to hold joint-naval drills – Gript