REAM NAVAL BASE

 

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Topics covered: Ream Naval Base deal, Advantages to China

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News Flash

China and Cambodia have reportedly signed a secret pact.

• The pact allows Beijing to use naval base on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand in the province of Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
• The draft of the agreement seen by U.S. officials would allow China to use the Ream naval base for 30 years.
• Where it would be able to post-military personnel, store weapons, and berth warships.

 

Chinese advantage

• Basing rights would extend China’s strategic military footprint into Southeast Asia.
• It helps bolster its territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.
• This would be china’s second overseas naval foothold, after a base in Djibouti opened in 2017.

 

Ream Naval Base

• Naval Base is a facility operated by the Royal Cambodian Navy on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand.
• Since 2010 the base has been the site of annual joint Cambodian-United States training and naval exercises under the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) program.

 

Source: Graphic News

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