(MENAFN) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that there would never be a foreign military base in his country, after a news report that China was lobbying for a naval base in southwest Koh Kong province.
According to an unidentified diplomatic sources and analysts, Beijing had been persuading Cambodia since 2017 for the naval base, which could host frigates, destroyers and other vessels of the People"s Liberation Army Navy.
Hun Sen was quoted saying: "does Cambodia need to violate its Constitution to allow a foreign military base on Cambodian territory?"
"With whom does Cambodia need foreign troops to fight with? And I do not need foreigners to fight in Cambodian territory like in the past, nor does Cambodia allow her to be a place for ideology or weapon experiment," he added.
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