Sihanoukville, Cambodia (dpa) - A US destroyer arrived in the southern Cambodia deepwater port of Sihanoukville on Saturday for a five-day visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties.
The 155-metre USS Mustin (DDG-89), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, arrived with its crew of nearly 300 to embark on a goodwill mission, which will include free dental clinics, repairs of local schools and hospitals and other humanitarian work.
The crew will also conduct training programs with the Cambodian naval personnel. There will also be demonstration operations, including one on disaster rescue.
Sihanoukville is about 240 kilometres from the capital, Phnom Penh.
"This is an example of the commitment of the US and Cambodian navies to good relations in the region, and is a commitment by the US towards strengthening regional security," Captain Charles William said at a welcoming ceremony.
This is the third visit of a US naval vessel to Cambodia in recent years after visits were suspended from the 1970s when the Khmer Rouge took power.
Officials said the free dental clinic will operate out of a local Buddhist pagoda from Sunday. The visit is scheduled to end Wednesday.
The 155-metre USS Mustin (DDG-89), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, arrived with its crew of nearly 300 to embark on a goodwill mission, which will include free dental clinics, repairs of local schools and hospitals and other humanitarian work.
The crew will also conduct training programs with the Cambodian naval personnel. There will also be demonstration operations, including one on disaster rescue.
Sihanoukville is about 240 kilometres from the capital, Phnom Penh.
"This is an example of the commitment of the US and Cambodian navies to good relations in the region, and is a commitment by the US towards strengthening regional security," Captain Charles William said at a welcoming ceremony.
This is the third visit of a US naval vessel to Cambodia in recent years after visits were suspended from the 1970s when the Khmer Rouge took power.
Officials said the free dental clinic will operate out of a local Buddhist pagoda from Sunday. The visit is scheduled to end Wednesday.
4 comments:
I hope and praise that some day my America will lease and build a giant naval base for the 7th fleet in Cambodia coast to offset the ever increasing power of China and also to safeguard the peace in the region.If my dream come true ,thousand of jobs will be created for my khmers citizen as well.
Yes, Thailand is no longer a base for Unied States of America anymore. Regional base for Southeast Asia is going to be Cambodia. let's look back to the past, who was the real empire in this southeast asia? Cambodia! And now if all khmer united, even we are small, but we have everything, human resources material resources, khmers are willing to the changes and to adapt to the new global economies and khmers have good manner, so no doubt why everyone love khmers.
God bless Cambodia!
khmer/american friendship forever!
And khmer children may one day becoming the U.S president who know ?. Just look at BARAK OBAMA.
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