This is the facility at the northern part of Ream Naval Base, which is located in southwestern Cambodia. The foundations for the facility will be laid there this week.
China is keeping quiet about the construction of a new naval base on Cambodian territory. The Washington Post reported this, citing several Western officials.
This is a facility that is located in the northern part of the Ream base in southwestern Cambodia. The foundations for the base will be laid there this week.
It will be the second such facility for the PRC. The first is in East Africa in Djibouti.
China views the Indo-Pacific region as a strategic target as a legitimate and historic sphere of influence.
The Wall Street Journal wrote that Cambodia and China entered into a construction agreement in 2019. But the sides denied the information. Later, a source in Beijing confirmed that the new base would be partly used by the Chinese military. It is possible that during the groundbreaking, the PRC will admit that it is funding the base's expansion. But Beijing will not disclose how the facility will be used.
Earlier, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the civil-military administration of the Kherson region, said that the United States of America had been building naval bases on the territory of Ukraine in recent years. The facilities were located on the coast of the Black Sea.