China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed an accident involving a Chinese cargo ship last Saturday, near Russia's far-eastern port of Vladivostok.

Russian local media reported the ship sank in a storm off Russia's Pacific Coast. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website, three Chinese crew members were rescued and seven others are still missing.

Chinese consulate officials in Khabarovsk and Vladivostok visited the sailors who were rescued, and offered their assistance to handle the aftermath of the accident.