SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The China State Ship-building Corporation (CSSC) here on Wednesday delivered a batch of marine equipments to the Royal Armed Forces of Cambodia (RAFC) to help its navy branch counter crimes like smuggling and drug trafficking.
The handover ceremony was held at the Ream Navy Headquarters in Sihanoukville, the port city in southwest Cambodia near the Gulf of Thailand.
"The high-quality equipments will play an important role in improving the Cambodian navy forces' working efficiency and safeguard the security and integrity of the kingdom's territorial waters," said Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh.
Cambodia's navy commander Ong San Kan said that the equipments were delivered on time and will beef up the navy forces' capability to safeguard the country's territorial waters.
"It can enable us to fight drug trafficking, illegal immigration, piracy and terrorism more efficiently," he added.
The equipments, including four 46-meter-long patrol boats, three 20-meter-long patrol boats, one landing ship and one 60-meter-long floating dock, arrived here on Sunday.
Lu Xiaoyan, vice president of the CSSC, said that the vessel construction project was completed after four years' cooperation between the two sides and is expected to become the new blood to help maintain Cambodia's national security.
"We hope that today's delivery will bring us more opportunities to carry out further cooperation with Cambodia in equipment production and maintenance, personnel training as well as spare parts supply," she added.
Zhang Jinfeng, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, said that the ship production by the CSSC for Cambodia was initiated in 2004 with preferential loan from the Chinese government and embodied the traditional friendship and deep feeling between the two countries and peoples.
"China will keep on developing its good neighborly ties with Cambodia and help the kingdom gain power for independent development," she added.
The local Cambodian Daily reported on Oct. 27 that the new vessels, worth 60 million U.S. dollars in total, will be deployed along the Thailand Gulf to protect Cambodia's offshore assets.
The Thailand Gulf is situated to the southwest of Cambodia, where the kingdom has a huge interest of marine products and a profitable prediction of oil and natural gas reserves.
The handover ceremony was held at the Ream Navy Headquarters in Sihanoukville, the port city in southwest Cambodia near the Gulf of Thailand.
"The high-quality equipments will play an important role in improving the Cambodian navy forces' working efficiency and safeguard the security and integrity of the kingdom's territorial waters," said Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh.
Cambodia's navy commander Ong San Kan said that the equipments were delivered on time and will beef up the navy forces' capability to safeguard the country's territorial waters.
"It can enable us to fight drug trafficking, illegal immigration, piracy and terrorism more efficiently," he added.
The equipments, including four 46-meter-long patrol boats, three 20-meter-long patrol boats, one landing ship and one 60-meter-long floating dock, arrived here on Sunday.
Lu Xiaoyan, vice president of the CSSC, said that the vessel construction project was completed after four years' cooperation between the two sides and is expected to become the new blood to help maintain Cambodia's national security.
"We hope that today's delivery will bring us more opportunities to carry out further cooperation with Cambodia in equipment production and maintenance, personnel training as well as spare parts supply," she added.
Zhang Jinfeng, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, said that the ship production by the CSSC for Cambodia was initiated in 2004 with preferential loan from the Chinese government and embodied the traditional friendship and deep feeling between the two countries and peoples.
"China will keep on developing its good neighborly ties with Cambodia and help the kingdom gain power for independent development," she added.
The local Cambodian Daily reported on Oct. 27 that the new vessels, worth 60 million U.S. dollars in total, will be deployed along the Thailand Gulf to protect Cambodia's offshore assets.
The Thailand Gulf is situated to the southwest of Cambodia, where the kingdom has a huge interest of marine products and a profitable prediction of oil and natural gas reserves.
13 comments:
I'm a little confused. Are the ships free? It says something about loan from the Chinese gov't. I'm not clear.
Not free Dude! It cost 60millions pay in double when Cambodia get oil!
and pay more for part after a fwe months use! You know it mad from CHINA not Franc or USA!
That is a ninety nine cent war ship no bullet proof nor computers it made in China OK
Puk ah taok teab vea use only 99cent equip.
Dude, you want to lose country's territoral water or you want to buy ship. I will buy ship. don't forget, Thailand has invaded cambodia for fishing and arresting our fishermen to put in jail. At some stage they arrested our officials, harmed them and put in jail. It is time that we have to stand and say to Thai: You behave your self!
Make sure it will use to patrol any VietCong pirates in Cambodia water.
alot of these predators vietcong,thai,and etc are already in khmer land, and water.
khmer oversea need to pay more attention and assistand to our homeland and fellow khmer.
"new vessels, worth 60 million U.S. dollars in total, will be deployed along the Thailand Gulf to protect Cambodia's offshore assets."
LOL, hahaha, LMAO, hahaha ....
I'm v8,do "what with it,just don't be confused to shoot at your own people."one correction it's spell "MADE-FRANCE"
well at least cambodia has something better than before...better off then the days of the stupied khmer rouges =P
at least we got People 2 back up cambodia better than US...
Hahahaah under china two million were killed,now owing China 's money .
Hey Viet or China Cambodia master?
What? China killed two millions? when/where/and how?
Anyway, China is a Mekonger (one of us) and nothing wrong with them leading the neighboring country. No one has failed under China leadership so far, only westerner or westerner trained idiots.
viets played games and cheated China after they grabbed south vietnam(KAMPUCHEA KROM) then they continued their cheating CHINA in POL POT'regime under CHINA'support from 1975-1979.
1979 China gave vietcongs one bad memory to remember not to invade Cambodia.
Well, China gave Vietcong one bad memory, but Vietcong had returned the favor already. So right now they are close to each other than ever.
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