Chinese FM confirms shipwreck near Vladivostok

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Chinese consulate officials in Khabarovsk and Vladivostok visited the sailors who were rescued, and offered their assistance to handle the aftermath of the accident.

China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed an accident involving  a Chinese cargo ship last Saturday, near Russia's far-eastern  port of Vladivostok.

The Department of Consular Affairs with the ministry and the Chinese embassy in Russia have asked the Russian embassy in China and other related Russian departments to continue rescue efforts and investigate the accident.