China Offers to Help UN Shipments to Somalia, Morning Post Says

March 5 (Bloomberg) -- China offered to escort United Nation’s food shipments to Somalia, expanding the role of the People’s Liberation Army in the Indian Ocean deployment, the South China Morning Post reported, citing Commander John Harbour, the European Union’s naval force spokesman. His comments follow a visit on Wednesday by Major General Li Ning, defence counsellor for China’s EU mission, to the EU’s naval forces headquarters in London, the report said.