TOULON, France, Sept. 21
(Xinhua) -- Two Chinese naval vessels on Friday arrived in the southern French
port city of Toulon to conduct a joint military exercise with the French Navy in
the Mediterranean sea.
During their five-day visit, more than 500 Chinese officers and sailors
aboard the guided missile destroyer Guangzhou and the supply ship Weishanhu will
take part in the joint military exercise dubbed "China-France Friendship 2007."
France is the fourth leg of the 87-day voyage of the two Chinese naval
vessels that has already taken them to St. Petersburg, Russia, Portsmouth,
Britain, and Cadiz, Spain.