Wang Yongping (front R), commander of the Chinese Navy Frigate Maanshan, receives a souvenir from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy Rear Admiral Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan at a welcoming ceremony in honour of the Chinese Navy Escort Task Group in Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, March 24, 2010. Upon completion of the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden aimed at protecting commercial ships in pirates-harassed Somali waters, Frigate Maanshan and Comprehensive Supply Ship Qiandaohu, part of the fourth Chinese Navy Escort Task Group, arrived in Abu Dhabi, kicking off the first-ever visit to the Gulf nation and the region on Wednesday. [Xinhua]

Honour guards of the Chinese Navy stand on the deck of the Chinese Frigate Maanshan during a welcoming ceremony in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), March 24, 2010. [Xinhua]