PHNOM PENH — A US warship will dock in Cambodia next week, the country's defense ministry said Friday, in the first American military port call in eight years to one of China's closest regional allies.
PHNOM PENH — A US warship will dock in Cambodia next week, the country's defense ministry said Friday, in the first American military port call in eight years to one of China's closest regional allies.Washington's relationship with Phnom Penh has been deteriorating for years, with China pouring billions of dollars into infrastructure investments under Cambodia 's former leader Hun Sen.
Washington has said Ream could give Beijing a key strategic position in the Gulf of Thailand near the disputed South China Sea, which China largely claims.Cambodian officials have repeatedly denied that the base is for use by any foreign power.Chinese warships first docked at the base in December last year, and in May two berthed at Sihanoukville port as part of Beijing's biggest-ever joint military drills with Cambodia.
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