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Bed sheet Phnom Penh post on June 6, the Cambodian army was reported to have received 75 Chinese-sponsored military vehicles.
The bulletin did not specify in detail what type of military vehicle this is, it only said that there are 20 vehicles for training purposes. However, in the images taken, many vehicles are equipped with machine guns, but it is not clear whether they are armored or not. The mentioned vehicles will be delivered to 32 Cambodian military units.
Recently, along with strengthening military cooperation, Cambodia has also continuously received weapons sold or sponsored by China.
The ceremony for the delivery of 290 Chinese military trucks to Cambodia in June 2020 Photo: The Phnom Penh Post |
In June, the son of Cambodia’s prime minister, General Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Army, attended the reception ceremony for 290 Chinese military trucks.
In the ceremony above, the steering wheel Phnom Penh post As quoted by General Hun Manet, 290 military trucks are sold, not sponsored by China. However, these cars were not purchased on a budget but sponsored by individuals, but Mr. Hun Manet did not name the sponsor.
Not only that, it also revealed that donors “had done so many times to reduce the burden on the government.” However, public opinion and observers could not help wondering where such a large source of funding came from.
Last July, Reuters reported that Prime Minister Hun Sen decided to add about $ 40 million to buy weapons from China to “strengthen the Cambodian army.” The above information is provided after the sheet. The Wall Street Journal A source of US military officials revealed that Cambodia had a tacit agreement on military cooperation with China. But Phnom Penh denied the word The Wall Street Journal.
The image is believed to be of a Chinese drone crashing in Cambodia in late 2019. |
Additionally, in February 2020, ABC Australia published information from a classified document indicating that in December 2019, a secret Chinese military delegation arrived at a Cambodian naval base. It is a delegation specialized in military cartography.
About three weeks earlier, a large reconnaissance drone, believed to be from China, crashed near the naval base where the Chinese mission was to work. When the drone was produced, the Cambodian air force representative said it was unclear who this plane was and what it was doing.
However, according to ABC, the fall of the reconnaissance plane and the business trip of the Chinese delegation raise many problems about the presence and operation of the Chinese army in Cambodia.
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