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China reaffirms its neutrality

Admiral Dong Jun, China's defence minister, plays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul during his official visit to Thailand as a guest of the Defence Ministry, at Government House on Friday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

China has assured Thailand it remains neutral in the Thai-Cambodian border dispute, saying military equipment supplied to Cambodia was delivered under an earlier agreement, Defence Minister Lt Gen Adul Boonthumjaroen said.

Speaking after meeting Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun, Lt Gen Adul said Beijing stressed that the military equipment delivered to Cambodia was provided under a 2016 agreement and was not supplied during the ongoing border clashes.

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