China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination between the two in a region where Beijing has long wished to expand its footprint.

China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered Arctic Ocean waters for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia, marking a notable bump up in ties between the two countries in an area where Beijing has sought to expand its footprint,

China said its Coast Guard vessels entered the Arctic Ocean for the first time, patroling the waters jointly with Russian ships on a mission that underscored the growing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the region.

A fleet of Chinese Coast Guard vessels made a historic entry into the Arctic Ocean recently in joint patrols with the Russian Coast Guard. The significant operation marked the first time that Chinese Coast Guard ships have ventured into Arctic waters, China Coast Guard said on Wednesday.

The United States Coast Guard encountered four vessels from the Russian and Chinese counterparts near Alaska on Saturday as they transited toward the Arctic Ocean for patrols. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft spotted two Russian border guard ships and two Chinese coast guard ships approximately 440 miles southwest of St.

In the week the U.S. revealed a Russian warplane narrowly missed one of their fighter jets, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) have reported an ominous joint patrol by Chinese and Russian coast guards. The USCG say they located four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard conducting a joint patrol in the Bering Sea on Saturday (28 Sep).