Iran's 1st fleet returns from Russian mission
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Bandar Anzali, Gilan Prov, July 4, IRNA -- The First flotilla of Iran's Navy arrived in this northern port on Thursday from a ten-day mission to Russia.
The Joshan (Shield) and Peykan (Arrow) vessels started their mission on June 25 navigating along the Caspian Sea and the Volga-Don Canal in Russia.
The Volga–Don Canal, together with the lower Volga and the lower Don, provides the most direct navigable connection between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov, and thus the world's oceans.
It is a 101-km waterway which connects the Volga River and the Don River at their closest points.
The Joshan and Peykan with their 96 crews carried a message of peace and friendship from the Iranian nation to Russia and other littoral states of the Caspian Sea.
They returned home after a visit to the Russian port of Astrakhan where they met Russian sailors in order to share expertise and exchange views with them.
Speaking in a ceremony to officially welcome the crew of the two vessels, Commander of the Iranian flotilla Mohammad-Hassan Azar-Peykan said that demonstrating operational power of Iran's Navy in the Caspian Sea region was the objective of the mission.
This was the first time that Iranian Navy vessels were dispatched to Russia to boost marine relations with Moscow and promote peace and friendship among all the five Caspian Sea littoral states.
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