The opening ceremony of the "Peace and Friendship-2025" joint exercise. On the morning of the 15th local time, the opening ceremony of the "Peace and Friendship-2025" joint exercise was held at the Puchong National Disaster Relief Base in Malaysia. The 9-day joint exercise officially began, and representatives of officers and soldiers from both China and Malaysia participated in the ceremony. At around 10 o'clock, the ceremony began with the singing of the national anthems of the two countries. Major General Faouz, Chief of Staff of the Malaysian Joint Forces Command, and Major General Dai Bin, Assistant Chief of Staff of the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, delivered speeches respectively. The attendees of the opening ceremony organized a group photo to commemorate the occasion. Major General Fawzi stated that this joint exercise provides a valuable platform for enhancing collaborative action capabilities, deepening mutual understanding, and strengthening military cooperation between the two militaries. It fully demonstrates the joint commitment of China and Malaysia to promoting regional peace, security, and sharing, especially in responding to humanitarian crises and maintaining maritime security. Major General Dai Bin stated that this year's joint exercise is a practical measure to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of China and Malaysia on building a high-level strategic China Malaysia community with a shared future. The participating officers and soldiers of the two armies will learn and train together, have in-depth exchanges and interactions with each other, build a bridge of mutual trust, mutual learning and mutual learning, witness and deepen the traditional friendship between the two countries and the two armies, work together to deal with non-traditional security threats, and inject more certainty and stability into regional peace and stability. It is understood that this joint exercise, with the theme of "humanitarian rescue, disaster reduction and maritime security", is a branded and mechanistic arrangement for international military cooperation between the Chinese and Malaysian militaries. The joint exercise is mainly organized at the Puchong National Disaster Relief Base, Port Klang, National Hydrological Center, Subang Air Force Base, and the waters of the Malacca Strait in Malaysia. It focuses on carrying out activities such as humanitarian rescue and disaster reduction, maritime safety exercises, and air force exchanges and seminars. More than 1000 officers and soldiers from both China and Malaysia will participate, and it will continue until the 23rd. The Chinese participating forces are mainly drawn from the Southern Theater Command Army, Navy, Air Force, Hong Kong Garrison, and Guilin Joint Logistics Support Center, while the Malaysian side sends multiple military branches to participate. During the joint performance, a variety of activities such as ship opening, cultural and sports exchanges, and deck receptions will be interspersed to further deepen the friendship between the two countries and their militaries. (New Society)