Marine Security Belt
Marine Security Belt, also known with the portmanteau CHIRU, is a trilateral naval exercise involving China, Iran and Russia as partners. First held in 2019, it is set to be taken place annually.
History
2019
The first edition of the exercise began on 27 December 2019 and took four days. The area of operation was the northern part of the Indian Ocean.The units participating in the exercise included:
- Iran
- * Alborz
- * Sahand
- * Bayandor
- * Tondar
- * Shahid Naserinejad
- * Shahid Nazeri
- China
- * Xining
- Russia
- * Yaroslav Mudry
- * Elnya
- * Viktor Konetsky
The 2020 edition was canceled due to the pandemic of the COVID-19 virus
2021
China was absent in the second version of the exercise when it was started by Russia and Iran on 16 February 2021. It was later announced that the Indian and Chinese navies will also join, but eventually neither took part. On 18 February 2021, the official website of the Indian Navy issued a statement denying participation in the drill. Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported that the Indian Navy had cancelled the plan at the last minute, because Tehran said China could join the exercise too and Indians did not want to be together with the Chinese due to recent border skirmishes.The units participating in the exercise included:
- Iran
- * Jamaran
- * Naghdi
- * Falakhon
- * Shahid Nazeri
- Russia
- * Stoikiy
- * Kola
- * ''Yakov Grebelsky''
2022
The units participating in the exercise included:
- Iran
- * Dena
- * Jamaran
- * Naghdi
- * Tabarzin
- * Zereh
- * Bahregan
- * Ganaveh
- * Shahid Nazeri
- China
- * Ürümqi
- Russia
- * Varyag
- * Admiral Tributs
- * Boris Butoma
The fourth edition of the exercise was held from March 15 for 4 days in the northern Indian Ocean.
The units participating in the exercise included:
- Iran
- * Jamaran
- * Sahand
- * Bayandor
- * Zereh
- * Sirjan
- * Delvar
- * Nayband
- * Bahregan
- * Shahid Mahmoudi
- * Shahid Nazeri
- China
- * Nanning
- Russia
- * Admiral Gorshkov
- * ''Kama''