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China Might Escort Ships in Gulf under U.S. Coalition
(Reuters) Alexander Cornwell - China might escort Chinese commercial vessels in Gulf waters under a U.S. proposal for a maritime coalition to secure oil shipping lanes following attacks on tankers, its envoy to the UAE Ni Jian said in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. "If there happens to be a very unsafe situation, we will consider having our navy escort our commercial vessels." "We are studying the U.S. proposal on Gulf escort arrangements," China's embassy later said. China, which has a military base in Djibouti, has participated in regional escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali coast as part of a UN anti-piracy mandate.