The announcement of Japan’s planned port call showed that Cambodia is likely trying to project that it’s open to countries other than China, said Euan Graham, a senior defense analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Cambodia's PM Hun Manet presides at ceremony for upgrade of naval base with help from China
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If China's People's Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, were to be granted preferred, or exclusive, access to Ream in exchange for the warships it is giving Cambodia and for its work on the base, it could be a deft way to work around the constitutional issues, said Euan Graham, a senior defense analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Cambodia says China gifting two warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port
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