Navy ships may head to Somalia

China is all set to send a naval fleet on a mission to fight pirates in Somali waters, a military source told China Daily yesterday.

"There will be a significant peacekeeping operation (in Somalia)," the source said, but did not reveal the scale of the mission.

China will tell a United Nations Security Council meeting this morning (Beijing time) that "we wish to work with others to reach a positive outcome", a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday, without confirming the status of the mission.