ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 19:33 IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China has described the military exercises in southern Japan involving troops and hardware from France, Japan, the United States and Australia as a waste of fuel, adding that the drill had no impact on the country.
The week-long air, land and sea exercise named Arc-21 began on Tuesday at the Kirishima training area on the Kyushu peninsula and simulate different scenarios such as defending remote islands and intercepting vessels at sea.
At a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday, China s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the drills had no impact on China.
Japan military drills with US, France are waste of fuel
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14 May 2021, 01:03 GMT+10
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China has described the military exercises in southern Japan involving troops and hardware from France, Japan, the United States and Australia as a waste of fuel, adding that the drill had no impact on the country.
The week-long air, land and sea exercise named Arc-21 began on Tuesday at the Kirishima training area on the Kyushu peninsula and simulate different scenarios such as defending remote islands and intercepting vessels at sea.
At a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday, China s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the drills had no impact on China.
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EU-Japan-Djibouti joint naval exercise
On 10 May, the EU, Japan and Djibouti carried out a trilateral joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Aden for the first time. The exercise came after an EU-Japan joint naval exercise and joint port call on Djibouti last October, and after the adoption last month of an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, which called for more such joint activities to promote maritime security in the region. Japan welcomes the Strategy as a sign of the EU s strong commitment to its engagement in the Indo-Pacific.
Based on the scenario of an anti-piracy operation, the 10 May exercise involved EU NAVFOR Somalia - Operation Atalanta flagship, frigate Carabiniere, EU NAVFOR Somalia - Operation Atalanta maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer Setogiri, and Djibouti Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats. The exercise lasted approximately 20 hours and also included cross-deck helicopter landings, tactical evolutio