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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Chinese naval warships welcomed in Italy

destroyer Guangzhou and frigate ChaohuChinese Ambassador to Italy Ding Wei and some 200 Chinese nationals welcomed on Monday the arrival of two Chinese warships at the southern naval base in Taranto.

Enthusiastic Chinese people, coming from all over Italy, greeted the navy soldiers with cheers, waving in the air red Chinese flags. Some lucky ones even had the opportunity to board one of the ships for a tour.

The vessels, destroyer Guangzhou and frigate Chaohu led by Rear Admiral Zhang Wendan, are part of the fifth Chinese naval escort flotilla, which just completed patrolling the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to protect commercial ships from pirate attacks.

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