Russia, China, and Iran Joint Naval Maneuvers in Gulf of Oman 2024: Maritime Security Belt

2024-03-12 04:06:00
Iran, Russia and China will carry out joint military maneuvers in the Gulf of Oman (Europa Press/Contact/Iranian Army Office)

In full escalation of tensions with the West, the navies of Russia, China and Iran will participate from this Tuesday in joint naval maneuvers in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, shaken by the attacks once morest ships carried out by the Houthis from Yemen in response to the offensive military launched by Israel once morest Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that several Russian ships have arrived at the Iranian port of Chabahar this Monday for their participation in the maneuvers, called “Maritime Security Belt 2024.”

The naval group is led by the missile cruiser ‘Variag’, flagship of the Pacific Fleet, accompanied by the anti-submarine frigate ‘Marshal Shaposhnikov’.

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“These practical maneuvers will take place in the waters of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea,” the Russian authorities noted, before adding that “the main objective of the maneuvers is to check the safety of economic activities at sea.”

Thus, they detailed that “representatives” of Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and South Africa will also participate in the maneuvers, who will do so as “observers,” according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Amid the invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese and Russian regimes have strengthened their cooperation in recent years (Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS)

For its part, Iranian media have specified that the objective of the maneuvers is “to strengthen regional security, promote collective cooperation and show capabilities to provide concerted support for world peace and maritime security.”

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The Russian-Chinese-Iranian naval exercises that begin on Tuesday are the fifth to be held in that format in the Gulf of Oman.

The arrival of the Russian ships to the Iranian port coincided with reports in the Russian press regarding the dismissal of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, following the sinking of several Russian ships by Ukrainian nautical drones.

The Izvestia newspaper and the Fontanka digital portal reported that Yevmenov was replaced by the commander-in-chief of the Northern Fleet, Alexandr Moiseyev.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov declined to comment on these publications on Monday. “There are decrees with the seal of secrecy and I cannot comment on them,” he said in his daily telephone press conference.

The military activities, which will end on Friday, seek to “jointly maintain regional maritime security,” said a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Defense published on the WeChat social network.

“China will send… a guided missile destroyer Urumqi, the guided missile frigate Linyi and the integrated logistics ship Dongpinghu to participate in the exercise,” the statement added, without offering further details.

This year’s exercises coincide with increased tensions in the region as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The conflict, which began on October 7, has triggered a series of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels once morest ships in the Red Sea.

A missile is launched during Iran’s annual military exercise in the Gulf of Oman (West Asia News Agency via REUTERS)

For his part, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz, asked this Monday the United Nations Security Council, of which Russia and China are part, to “exercise all possible pressure” on Hamas to release the people which he kidnapped during the October 7 terrorist attack once morest Israel.

Katz addressed the 15-member Council, which met to debate a U.N. report that said there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that acts of sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred in several locations during the attack.

“We ask you to condemn the crimes of sexual violence that these barbarians committed in the name of the Muslim religion,” Katz told the Security Council, also urging the body to “exert all possible pressure on the Hamas organization to immediately and unconditionally release to all the kidnapped hostages.”

He called for sanctions to be imposed on Hamas, accusing the group of crimes “worse than the terrorist actions carried out by Al Qaeda, ISIS and other terrorist organizations” that had been targeted by the Security Council.

(With information from Europa Press)

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