中ロとイラン、海上合同軍事演習 オマーン湾で

【テヘラン（イラン）ＡＦＰ＝時事】イラン国営イラン通信（ＩＲＮＡ）は１２日、同国との合同軍事演習に参加するため中国とロシアの海軍の艦船が領海に入ったと報じた。（写真はオマーン湾でのイラン、ロシア、中国による海上合同軍事演習に参加する、ロシア海軍のフリゲート艦。イラン国防省提供）
　ＩＲＮＡによれば、演習は同日夜からイラン沖のオマーン湾で実施される。海軍のモスタファ・タジョディニ報道官は演習の目的について「地域の海洋安全保障を共同で維持すること」だと説明したという。
　中国国防省によれば、同国は駆逐艦、フリゲート艦、補給艦を１隻ずつ派遣した。
　ロシア国営メディアによると、演習に加わるロシア太平洋艦隊旗艦のミサイル巡洋艦「ワリャク」などが１１日、イランのチャバハルの港に到着した。
　ロシアの通信各社によれば、同国国防省は演習の主目的について「海洋における経済活動の安全確保」だと説明した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/13-17:27）

Chinese and Russian warships have entered Iranian territorial waters for a joint naval exercise with Iran, state media reported Tuesday.
This year's manoeuvres come with Middle East tensions soaring in the face of the Israel-Hamas war that has drawn in Iranian allies around the region, including Yemen's Huthi rebels who have launched a campaign of attacks on commercial shipping in Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, drawing Western reprisals.
The naval units of China and Russia entered the territorial waters of our country to take part in the combined maritime exercise, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
The manoeuvres, aimed at jointly maintaining regional maritime security, will begin in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday night, IRNA said, citing their spokesman, Rear Admiral Mostafa Tajoddini.
The Chinese defence ministry said it had sent a destroyer, a frigate and a supply ship to take part in the joint exercise.
Russian state media reported that a detachment of ships from the country's Pacific Fleet, led by the cruiser Varyag, docked in the Iranian port of Chabahar on Monday ahead of the drills.
The practical part of the exercise will take place in the waters of the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea, Russian news agencies cited the defence ministry as saying.
The main purpose of the manoeuvres is to work out the safety of maritime economic activity.
The three countries, which have all had difficult relations with the West in recent years, held joint manoeuvres in the same waters in March last year under the name Security Bond 2023.