

Captain 1st Rank Ivan Kovalev, right, commander of the Surface Vessel Division of Russia's Pacific Fleet, with Captain Tetsuya Obata, commander of Escort Division 15 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, during the welcome ceremony for Japan's destroyer Hamagiri at the Port of Vladivostok. The vessel arrived in Vladivostok to participate in the naval search and rescue exercises SAREX-2017.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Vladivostok, Russia
- Event date: 20.11.2017
- Date published: 20.11.2017
- Author: Anton Balashov
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5631x3754px, 15.8Mb