Two ships of the Chinese Navy paid a goodwill visit to Germany from
September 25-27.
The visit of the two ships, guided missile destroyer "Shenzhen" and
support vessel "Fengcang", was the first by Chinese naval ships to
Germany.
Navy officials of the two countries stressed that the two ships
played a special role in strengthening bilateral relationship and
maintaining world peace.
Commander of the naval ships Wu Fuchun expressed his hope that the
relationship between the two navies could be expanded.
Inspector of the German Federal Navy Hans Luessow said that the
terrorist attacks in the United States showed that a global
cooperation of the naval forces was needed.
German naval ships visited Shanghai, China, in 1997, said German
navy officials. And a visit by German ships to Qingdao, another
eastern port of China, has also been planned, they said.
The two Chinese ships are on a European tour which will also take
them to Britain, France and Italy. They will head for Britain from
Germany's northern port of Wilhelmshaven on Friday.
(People's Daily 09/28/2001)