Russia announced that two Chinese ships arrived in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East to conduct joint maneuvers with it, in a new indication of the rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing. The local representation of the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement: Two Chinese Coast Guard ships are in Vladivostok "from September 16 to 20 at the invitation of the Russian Border Guard." The two ships will participate in Russian-Chinese maneuvers and will conduct joint patrols, according to the same source. In September 2023, Chinese warships participated in joint maneuvers with Russia in the northern Sea of Japan, as part of large-scale naval maneuvers organized by Moscow in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea and the Baltic Sea. / End Source: National Iraqi News Agency