China will provide two warships to Cambodia in the latest sign of the increasingly close relationship between their militaries that has caused concern in the United States.
The ships will be the newly built Type 056 corvettes, a type of vessel that has previously spent months at the Ream naval base following a Chinese-funded upgrade.
Maly Socheata, a spokeswoman for Cambodia’s defence ministry, said the ships were being provided after Cambodia had requested Chinese support and could be delivered as early as next year.
