The 2023 "Golden Cobra" multinational joint exercise held its opening ceremony at Utabau Naval Base in Rayong, Thailand on February 28, which was held again on a pre-epidemic scale after three years. On February 28, soldiers from many countries attended the opening ceremony at Utabau Naval Base in Rayong, Thailand. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Rahan), the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Chalin Pong Sisava, said at the opening ceremony that a total of 30 countries and more than 7000 people participated in the 2023 "Golden Cobra" exercise. He hoped that the participants could take this opportunity to build friendship, share experience, enhance mutual understanding, and jointly meet challenges. According to the Thai military, the exercise lasted from February 27 to March 10. The main subjects included command post exercise, humanitarian relief and disaster reduction exercise, and field training exercise. The exercise was aimed at improving the good military relations between participating countries and evaluating the multinational joint operation standards. In view of the fact that the COVID-19 has been brought under control and social life has returned to normal in an all-round way, this year's drill has returned to the scale before the epidemic. It is reported that the Army of the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army sent a detachment to Thailand to participate in the 2023 "Golden Cobra" multinational joint exercise of humanitarian relief and disaster reduction. On February 28, soldiers from many countries attended the opening ceremony at Utabau Naval Base in Rayong, Thailand. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Rahan) On February 28, soldiers from many countries attended the opening ceremony at Utabau Naval Base in Rayong, Thailand. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Rahan) On February 28, soldiers from many countries attended the opening ceremony at Utabau Naval Base in Rayong, Thailand. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Rahan) On February 28, soldiers from many countries attended the opening ceremony at Utabau Naval Base in Rayong, Thailand. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Laheng)