(ZHOU LEI)

Chinese Navy frigate Yantai opens to local people and press during its stop at Varna Port, Bulgaria's seaside city, near the Black Sea on August 7.

The arrival of Yantai at Varna on August 5 marks the Chinese Navy's first visit to Bulgaria since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Bulgaria in 1949. Prior to the visit, Yantai accomplished a mission with the Chinese Navy's 11th escort fleet through the international waters of the Gulf of Aden.