Pakistan, China hold first joint naval patrol to safeguard CPEC

Chinese and Pakistani naval warships have begun joint maritime patrol in the northern Arabain Sea for the first time in history. The joint drills are part of the two countries’ concrete actions to safeguard the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s Type 054A frigate Linyi and the Pakistan Navy’s F-22P frigate Saif formed a task group and launched the joint patrol in waters around major maritime routes and port channels in the northern Arabian Sea for the drills.