The Chinese and Russian navies will hold joint exercises in the South China Sea in September, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday.
The announcement comes just two weeks after an international tribunal dismissed Beijing’s expansive claims in the region, in a ruling that the Beijing has vowed to ignore.
Speaking at the Chinese defence ministry’s monthly briefing, Yang Yujun described the exercise as “routine”, adding that it was “not directed against any third parties”.
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