About 70 representatives from 30 countries including China, the United States, Russia, etc. participated in a naval forum working group meeting held in China this week.
According to CCTV military reports, the Western Pacific Navy Forum organized by the Chinese Navy in 2024 working group meeting opened in Nanjing, Jiangsu on Tuesday (January 16) for three days.
There are about 70 representatives of 30 countries in this conference, including 23 members of China, Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the United States.
Comprehensive China News Agency and Reuters report that this working group will be a preparation meeting for the West Pacific Naval Forum Annual Conference in Qingdao in April this year.The situation, confirmation of the future activities arrangement of the forum, the revision and update of documents such as the rules and disaster response guidelines of the seas of the seal of the seal of the research forum, etc.
The meeting aims to work with all countries to promote global and regional marine governance, and jointly respond to maritime safety risks and challenges.
The Western Pacific Navy Forum is a regional naval cooperation mechanism platform. It holds a working group meeting each year and a annual meeting every two years.
The annual meeting was held in 2022.The Kyodo News Agency reported that at the time, the host country, Japan, originally invited all members of Russia and other forums to participate, but withdrew invitations to Russia after the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War.
