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Russian Pacific Fleet's ships arrive with visit to Chinese port Qingdao

Among the ships that arrived in Qingdao are the Varyag cruiser, the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and the Boris Butoma replenishment vessel
Russian Pacific Fleet's Varyag cruiser Yury Smityuk/TASS
Russian Pacific Fleet's Varyag cruiser
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VLADIVOSTOK, October 21. /TASS/. The Russian Pacific Fleet's ships have arrived in the Chinese port of Qingdao, the fleet's official spokesman Captain 2nd Rank Nikolay Voskresensky told reporters on Sunday.

Among the ships that arrived in Qingdao are the Varyag cruiser, the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and the Boris Butoma replenishment vessel.

"Visits of Commander Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhaylovsky and ship commanders to the commander of the Northern Fleet of China's People's Liberation Army and Qingdao leadership are planned for today. Russian and Chinese sailors will also visit each other's military ships," Voskresensky said.

The visit of Russian military ship to China will last until October 25.

Russian Pacific Fleet's ships have started their three-month voyage from Vladivostok on October 1. Over this time, they held several drills and trainings at sea and visited ports in Japan and South Korea.