The Chinese Navy announced on the 10th that the 43rd batch of escort squadrons of the Navy has arrived in Gabon for a 4-day friendly visit. One of the details not only demonstrates the high level of political and military mutual trust between China and Canada, but also demonstrates the excellent support capability of the Chinese Navy in remote sea combat readiness training. According to the official WeChat "People's Navy", the 43rd convoy of the Navy arrived in Libreville, Gabon, on July 8 after its visit to Nigeria, and began a four-day friendly visit. Source: According to the public report of the People's Liberation Army Daily, this is the second visit of the Chinese navy to Gabon after four years. In June 2018, the 28th convoy of the navy visited Gabon. In recent years, the friendly and cooperative relationship between China and Canada has developed smoothly, and the cooperation between the two armies in personnel training, equipment technology, military health and other fields has been fruitful. The People's Navy revealed a detail in the press release: in the afternoon of that day, representatives of the formation officers and soldiers visited the Gabonese Navy's MBINI frigate for a visit and exchange, listened to the introduction of the development and mission tasks of the Gabonese Navy by officers and soldiers, and assisted in the maintenance of some of the ship's equipment. Among them, the act of "assisting foreign troops in repairing ship equipment" is not common. An anonymous military expert told Global Times on the 10th that this detail first demonstrates the high level of political and military mutual trust between China and Canada. According to the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, in April 2023, China and Gabon issued the Joint Statement of the China and Gabon on Establishing a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation. The Chinese and Canadian militaries maintain friendly exchanges. In June 2009, the Chinese and Canadian militaries held a joint humanitarian medical rescue operation in Gabon, marking the first bilateral military operation between the Chinese military and African countries. In October 2017, the Chinese Navy Peace Ark Hospital ship made a friendly visit to Gabon and provided humanitarian medical services to the local people. Secondly, this indicates that the Chinese Navy has excellent self-supporting capabilities in normalized deep-sea missions. This military expert stated that although the models and performance of Chinese and Canadian ships vary, the Chinese Navy's ocean going officers and soldiers have mature experience in diagnosing and repairing faults in some common naval weapons, power plants, and electronic equipment. The high probability that the Chinese navy will repair the Gabonese navy this time is the power system or navigation equipment. "Because the active and auxiliary power on the ship are basically applicable to the same principle, the sailors have achieved everything." Military expert Song Zhongping also believes that this demonstrates the super strong ability of the Chinese navy in ship repair and maintenance, "These sailors not only have a strong maintenance and support ability for their ships, but also can help other countries to maintain foreign warships, which shows that our management, maintenance and support ability for ships is quite strong. This also makes the friendly visit of the escort fleet to Gabon more practical." The news release also said that on the Nansi Lake ship, the special operations crew of the formation introduced our special operations weapons and equipment to the Canadian marines, Demonstrating and teaching sliding and cabin search, etc