Chinese navy fleet visits Cape Town, South Africa (8/8)

The fleet is on its eight-country African tour after completing escort missions as the 16th Escort Task Force. South Africa is also the last stop of the tour.

In the past six years, the Escort Task Group of the Chinese Navy has actively participated in escort missions of the international community in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia, escorting more than 5,500 vessels from different countries.

The Yancheng of this Escort Task Group has also successfully completed the escort mission of seven batches of Syrian chemical weapons.