Cambodia has denied new claims China’s military will have access to the Ream Naval Base, despite a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Chinese officials.
saying the People’s Liberation Army would have exclusive use of a new facility Beijing is financing at the Ream Naval Base.
The renovation of the base has long been viewed with suspicion by the United States and Western allies, who fear that China, which is funding and building the project, would seek to establish another strategic foreign military outpost to add to the one it already has in Djibouti, Africa.Sokhonn, however, maintained in his conversation with Wong that Ream was being upgraded purely to enhance Cambodia’s own naval capabilities and help it crack down on maritime crime.
Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh and Chinese ambassador Wang Wentian swim at the beach near the Ream Naval Base, Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on June 7.Tea Banh is expected to meet with Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and other officials at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore this weekend, according to Cambodia’s Defence Ministry.
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