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PUTIN THE PRESSURE ON Russia and China to hold joint naval drills in the...
• https://www.thesun.co.ukRussia is to hold joint naval exercises with China in the South China Sea in September as tensions escalate over the fiercely contested islands.
China's Defence Ministry insisted the "routine" drills were aimed at strengthening their co-operation and were not aimed at any other country.
But they come at a time of heightened tensions in the region after a UN-backed tribunal ruled this month that China did not have historic rights to the waters.
AP:Associated Press
On a war footing… A Chinese frigate launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise near the disputed islands in the South China Sea earlier this month