Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will discuss defence cooperation and ways to further strengthen mutually beneficial engagements with his counterparts from ASEAN countries during his visit to Cambodia starting Tuesday. Singh will be on an official visit from Cambodia on November 22-23 at the invitation of deputy Prime Minister and Defence minister of […]
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China to skip meeting with US Secretary in Cambodia amid tensions over Pelosi’s visit
Amid the heightened tensions between China and the US over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China has decided to avoid meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Cambodia. “Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi has no plans to […]
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West concerned naval base upgrade in Cambodia by China
As China and Cambodia took the first steps on a Chinese funded upgrade of the Ream Naval Base in south Cambodia, the West is worried about what Beijing’s envoy has termed an “iron-clad partnership” between the two countries. The launch of the project at the Ream Naval Base, which Cambodian officials said will […]
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China building second offshore naval base in Cambodia
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is building a secret naval base in Cambodia as Beijing seeks to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The base buildings are at a northern part of Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand, according to the Washington Post report. This would be China’s second […]
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Cambodia resumes mass trial of opposition figures
A closed-door mass trial of 150 Cambodian opposition figures resumed in Phnom Penh today, in what critics labelled a politically motivated sham and an affront to human rights and the rule of law. The case is linked to attempts by exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia in […]