Marine Security Belt

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Marine Security Belt, also known with the portmanteau CHIRU, is a trilateral naval exercise involving China, Iran and Russia as partners. First held in 2019, it is set to be taken place annually.

History[]

2019[]

The first edition of the exercise began on 27 December 2019 and took four days. The area of operation was the northern part of the Indian Ocean.[1][2]

The units participating in the exercise included:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Report: Iran kicks off joint naval drills with Russia, China", The Associated Press, 27 December 2019, retrieved 15 July 2020
  2. ^ "Russia, China, Iran start joint naval drills in Indian Ocean", Reuters, 27 December 2019, retrieved 15 July 2020
  3. ^ Haider, Syed Fazl-e (17 January 2020), "The Strategic Implications of Chinese-Iranian-Russian Naval Drills in the Indian Ocean", China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, 20 (1), retrieved 15 July 2020
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