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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

Japanese warships will be the first to visit a Cambodian port where China funded upgrades

Cambodia Japan Ream Naval Base - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Japan on Tuesday announced that two of its minesweepers will visit a naval port in Cambodia this weekend in the first foreign navy visit since a Chinese-funded expansion project was completed.

The Bungo and the Etajima are set to the enter the Ream Naval Base on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to be in the country the same day as he ends a three-country tour of southeast Asia.

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