Reuters: The navies of China and Southeast Asia held their first maritime exercise this week, Singapore’s defense ministry said on Friday, in an effort to widen cooperation as they negotiate a code of conduct on a disputed waterway.The “tabletop” simulated exercise in the city-state involved the navies of China and all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ahead of the first maritime drill set to be held in waters in China in October. “At the end of the exercise, we have strengthened our ability to work together,” Colonel Lim Yu Chuan, the commanding officer of the Singapore navy’s 185 Squadron told reporters.
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