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Cambodia says to increase arms purchases from China

Published 07/29/2019, 01:51 PM
Updated 07/29/2019, 02:00 PM
Cambodia says to increase arms purchases from China

PHNOM PENH, July 29 (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun
Sen said on Monday that an additional $40 million would be spent
on weapons from China to modernise the Southeast Asian country's
military
Cambodia's military ties with ally China have been under
increased scrutiny after concerns expressed by the United States
and a report - denied by Hun Sen - of a secret deal to allow
Chinese forces to use a Cambodian naval base.
Hun Sen said the $40 million to be spent by Cambodia was in
addition to a total of $290 million already given by China for
modernising the forces. He spoke during a visit to a
Chinese-funded stadium in the capital Phnom Penh.
Hun Sen said weapons being purchased included tens of
thousands of guns to replace old stock and they were already
being shipped.
"I want to strengthen the army," Hun Sen said in a speech
broadcast live on Facebook.
Hun Sen again dismissed a Wall Street Journal report last
week that China had reached a secret deal with Cambodia this
year to let it place forces at Ream. The report cited U.S. and
allied officials.
The United States has also voiced concern that the Ream
naval base in southern Cambodia could host forces from China.

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