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TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran's naval fleet departed for Azerbaijan's port city of Baku on the Caspian Sea, Press TV reported on Sunday quoting a senior Iranian navy commander.
Damavand destroyer and Joshan missile vessel with 200 navy forces on board headed to Baku for a three-day visit, said Rear Admiral Afshin Rezaei Haddad.
The fleet is set to convey the message of peace and friendship from the Islamic republic, said Haddad.
"The dispatch of the fleet is meant to demonstrate that the Islamic Republic of Iran is making efforts with all might to enhance security in the Caspian Sea," he added.
Iran has sent several fleets with the same mission from the country's northern and southern waters to the high seas, he said.
