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Chinese warships visit New Zealand’s Auckland

: Oct 17, 2013 - : 1:38 am

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Three Chinese Navy ships arrived in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland on Friday, October 11 morning, performing a 21-gun salute as they passed the Devonport naval base.

Destroyer Qingdao, frigate Linyi and supply vessel Hongzehu are visiting Auckland during Oct. 11-15.

The Royal New Zealand Navy is hosting a program of cultural and sporting activities for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Task Force’s 680 sailors.

The visit by a Chinese Navy Task Force reflects New Zealand’s wider engagement with defense partners from the Asia-Pacific region, said New Zealand Defense Minister Jonathan Coleman on Friday.

“It is in New Zealand’s interests to promote greater levels of engagement with a wide range of defense partners. This visit fits into our wider regional engagement program,” Coleman said in a statement.

“The visit also reflects our growing defense engagement with China, and the wider political and economic links between our countries,” he added.

“New Zealand’s defense engagement with the People’s Liberation Army has been nurtured over the past decade, along with our broader bilateral relationship,” said Coleman.

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