The 47th fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently wrapped up an escort mission for a civilian cargo ship.
The civilian cargo ship, Zhenhua 35, carried 26 Chinese crew members on board. It marked the 1661st mission of the fleet since it began undertaking escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia since late December last year.
The 47th navy fleet comprises a guided-missile destroyer, a missile frigate and a supply vessel. It carries over 700 officers and soldiers, with two helicopters and more than 10 special force members on board.
China’s 47th naval escort taskforce completes new escort mission
The Ukrainian and U.S. delegations held another round of consultations in Paris on Wednesday to discuss an end to the almost four-year-old conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
It was the third meeting within two days between the Ukrainian and U.S. representatives in Paris.
Rustem Umerov, head of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation and secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said on Wednesday that he had engaged in this round of talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The talks centered on key issues concerning the basic framework for ending the war, with particular attention to possible forms of future engagement between the leaders of Ukraine, European partners and the United States.
During a visit to Cyprus on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that talks with Western allies have reached a new level. Zelensky said that Ukraine, along with its European partners, the United States, and all participants in the Coalition of the Willing, are working together towards a resolution. He further suggested that the talks might reach a significant milestone within the first half of 2026 when Cyprus is holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Ukraine holds third meeting with U.S. delegation in Paris
