PHNOM PENH — Cambodia will inaugurate a Chinese-renovated naval base next month, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, with a Japanese warship expected to be the first to dock at the site that has drawn concerns from the United States.
Washington has said the Ream Naval Base, located off Cambodia 's southern coast, could give Beijing a key strategic position in the Gulf of Thailand near the disputed South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. 'The first phase of the Ream base is planned to be inaugurated on April 2,' Maj. Gen. Thong Solimo, spokesman for the Royal Cambodia n Armed Forces , told Agence France-Presse .
Commander-in-Chief Gen. Vong Pisen told Japanese military attaché officials about the schedule during a meeting on Tuesday, Thong Solimo said, adding that Cambodia would 'allow a Japanese military ship to dock at the Ream base first' following the ribbon cutting. Ships from other countries would also be allowed to dock at Ream, the spokesman said.
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