Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's 83rd task force arrived in Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Sunday to start a four-day goodwill visit.
During the visit, naval personnel from both countries will take part in reciprocal ship visits as well as cultural and sporting events.
The task force will host a deck reception and open the vessels to visitors, including local residents and members of the Chinese community.
"Standing at a foreign port and gazing at the scenes on both sides of the harbor, I truly felt that a warship is both a floating piece of national territory and a bridge conveying peace and friendship. This voyage has not only honed my professional skills but also given me a firsthand experience of our Navy's open and inclusive stance," said Guo Baixiong, cadet of the task force.
"Stepping aboard a naval vessel for the first time, I was filled with an overwhelming sense of pride and deeply awed by the strength of our motherland," said Chen Xingzhuo, a student.
Following the visit, the two navies will hold joint maritime exercises.
Chinese navy task force arrives in Indonesia for goodwill visit
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday afternoon, noting that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar had asked the United States to call off planned strikes because "they think there's a deal."
"There's a deal on (the Strait of) Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear, or you might call it the denuclearization of Iran," Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews.
Claiming that Iran had also asked the United States to pull back the planned strikes, Trump said that "now what we're doing is we're talking to them in the form of a negotiation."
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that negotiations between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Araghchi said during a cabinet meeting that the negotiations have progressed and are on the path of being finalized.
Elaborating on the Iran-Oman talks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV on Sunday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stressed that reaching an agreement between the two countries is not related to the waterway's reopening or continued closure.
Baghaei said Iran and Oman are working to designate a "new route" in the strait within a traffic separation scheme format that can ensure both sides' sovereign rights as well as Iran's national interests and security.
Tehran tightened its grip on the strait after the United States and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran on Feb. 28.
The U.S. military launched multiple waves of strikes against Iranian targets last month, saying they were in response to Iranian attacks on vessels in the strait and aimed at "degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping."
Iran responded with missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. military bases and facilities in the region.
Trump announces talks with Iran on Monday, Iran's FM says talks with Oman on Hormuz Strait in final stages
