Original report from Phnom Penh
06 November 2008
The Chinese warship Zhenghe docked in Sihanoukville Wednesday and will stay five days as part of a goodwill visit, a Chinese official said.
Members of the Zhenghe’s crew of 400 will meet Cambodian officials and play football with members of the Cambodian navy, said Man Zhong He, military attache at the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh.
The visit “is to improve the relationship between the Cambodian and Chinese navies,” he said.
Cambodian naval officials were not available for comment.
Sihanoukville has been host to a number of international naval visits in recent years. In October ships from both the French and American navies made ports of call.
Cambodia has been receiving direct military aid from the US since 2007, while China annually contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in mostly unconditional aid to the country.
Members of the Zhenghe’s crew of 400 will meet Cambodian officials and play football with members of the Cambodian navy, said Man Zhong He, military attache at the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh.
The visit “is to improve the relationship between the Cambodian and Chinese navies,” he said.
Cambodian naval officials were not available for comment.
Sihanoukville has been host to a number of international naval visits in recent years. In October ships from both the French and American navies made ports of call.
Cambodia has been receiving direct military aid from the US since 2007, while China annually contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in mostly unconditional aid to the country.
11 comments:
Thank you so much to the khmer situation government make friendly with the neigbor.It is the way of khmer country will growing in the future.
Can we launch several missiles to Hanoi to celebrate this visit?
Nice to have pictures of the great ship poste on this site!!!
Thanks
Photos:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/06/content_10315120.htm
US Navy visit Cambodia.
China warship visit too,and waiting for Soviet warship visit sooner.
..It is good to have Chinese navy visiting our port at time when we are threatened by Thailand. Friends are needed at this moment. US Missile Fegate also just finished our port visit. These are good signal to warn off Thailand from threatening Cambodia.
..It is good to have Chinese navy visiting our port at time when we are threatened by Thailand. Friends are needed at this moment. US Missile Fegate also just finished our port visit. These are good signal to warn off Thailand from threatening Cambodia.
9:58 AM
FYI the US is friend with Thailand.
I hope you don't need any further explanation.
10:31 AM
You're right but you forgot to mention that the US has millions and millions of dollars of oil drilling equiments off the coast of Camdodia so the US dosesn't want Cambodia and Thailand to go to war and that is why the US warship visited Cambodia at that time. The US-Cambodia relationship is growing stronger and stronger and I hope that Obama will promote further corperation between the two nations.
Just in the past two years, there have been three US warships that visited Cambodia as well as a French warship that also visited a few months ago and now Chinese warship. For this reason, the thais and the viets (the Chines sworn enemy)are stared shitless. both of Thailand and Vietnam doestn't want to see Cambodia have strong relationship with the two superpower.
Khmer need peace,independent,real justice.Who killed 2453676 innocent khmers ,please pay back first so that we could restore our contry by ourself.
All visitors is'nt mean our friend.US Navy,French,China...just visited for many reasons.The main reason is how they can earn money from our land.
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