Ships of the People's Liberation Army navy patrolled the waters near the Diaoyu Islands on Monday after returning from a training exercise in the West Pacific.

The flotilla, two destroyers and two frigates from the Navy's Donghai Fleet, passed through the Miyako Strait and entered the West Pacific for a routine training exercise on Nov 28.

After finishing a series of training operations, the flotilla sailed through a strait near the Yonaguni and Iriomote Islands and arrived in waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Monday morning.