China's Navy 48th Escort Task Force Concludes Friendly Visit to Myanmar

Source-stated date: 28 September 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

中国海军第48批护航编队结束对缅甸友好访问

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Published28 September 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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China's Navy 48th Escort Task Force completed a five-day port call at Yangon on September 28, departing after activities that included a ship tour, a professional exchange at a Myanmar Navy training base, a deck reception attended by defense attachés from Pakistan, Thailand, and Laos, and joint drills covering formation maneuvering and communications coordination. The visit documents the escort task force's standard port-diplomacy template — bilateral naval exchanges layered onto a Gulf of Aden rotation — applied here to consolidate the Pauk-Phaw (胞波, 'fraternal') relationship framing with Myanmar's military at a moment when Naypyidaw's international isolation makes Chinese engagement more conspicuous. The presence of Pakistani, Thai, and Lao defense attachés at the reception extends the audience for that messaging beyond the bilateral relationship, though what operational follow-on, if any, the joint drills represent remains unspecified.

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新华社仰光9月28日电（杜江帆徐涛涛）中国海军第48批护航编队28日下午驶离仰光港，结束为期5天的对缅甸友好访问。缅方军政要员和官兵代表、中国驻缅甸大使馆工作人员、中资机构及华侨华人代表等到码头送行。访问期间，中缅两国海军开展了全方位务实交流。编队指挥员拜会了缅方军政人士，中方官兵参观缅海军训练基地，双方官兵在舰艇参观、专业交流等活动中互学互鉴、共叙友谊。此次访问正值中秋佳节，在编队举办的甲板招待会上，缅方军政官员，巴基斯坦、泰国、老挝驻缅武官，中资机构及华侨华人代表等应邀出席。中方编队指挥员表示，中缅山水相依、世代睦邻，胞波情谊源远流长，中国海军始终秉持和平发展理念，愿同缅方持续深化海上安全合作。缅甸海军参谋长登图高度评价此次访问，认为这是两国海军增进互信、深化协作的重要契机。驶离仰光港后，编队还与缅甸海军进行了编队运动、通信协同等课目的联合演练。

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