China sent troops to Djibouti, officially creating the first overseas military base in the country. Two military ships of the Chinese Navy left the port of Zhanjiang on Tuesday, taking an undisclosed number of soldiers on a journey through the Indian ocean.

The editorial staff of Global Times stressed the importance of a new facility Djibouti is strategically located in the horn of Africa for the Chinese military. "Of course, this is the first overseas base of the people's liberation army, and we will be there to base the troops. This is not a commercial item of supply. This database can support the Chinese Navy to go further, so it means a lot", - the document says.

Global Times said that the primary database role will be to support Chinese warships operating in the region in the field of counter-piracy and humanitarian operations.
"It's not the desire to control the world, he said.

At a regular press briefing Wednesday, foreign Ministry spokesman China Geng Shuang described this database as part of an ongoing effort to promote peace and security in the region. In recent years, China has expanded its military ties across Africa. According to the report of the European Council on foreign relations (ECFR), cooperation with Africa in
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