Cambodia said on Thursday that China will soon hand over two warships to improve its defence capabilities, despite United States fears about Beijing boosting its military influence in the strategic Gulf of Thailand.
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Cambodia is a close ally of Beijing, and Washington has long harboured concerns about the Chinese-funded renovation of the kingdom’s Ream Naval Base.
Maly Socheata, a spokeswoman for the Cambodian defence ministry, told AFP that China would send the two new so-called Type 056C corvettes next year at the earliest.
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