Chinese Warships in Cambodia Fuel Fresh Concerns as Wang Visits
- Wang Yi on three-day visit to Cambodia as security ties deepen
- US concerned China will establish presence at Ream naval base
Wang Yi, left, in Phnom Penh on April 21.
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China’s top diplomat has pledged to further boost security ties with Cambodia during a visit amid US concerns over the extended presence of its warships at a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in the Southeast Asian nation on Sunday for a three-day visit after meeting Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta days earlier. He told his Cambodian counterpart the two sides should boost cooperation and to “strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and tighten the security line for the construction of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future,” according to an official readout.