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| Chinese-donated trucks arrive in Cambodia ahead of a joint military exercise in Kampong Speu tomorrow. Photo supplied |
Cambodia, China to hold exercises
Phom Peh Post | 15 December 2016
A major eight-day military exercise between Cambodian and
Chinese troops will commence today at the Thlok Tasek Military Institute
in Kampong Speu’s Phnom Sruoch district.
Code named “Golden Dragon”, the manoeuvres will see soldiers from the
two countries participating in myriad exercises including emergency
road repairs and construction, landmine detection and destruction,
natural disaster medical treatment, dam building and flood relief.
“The Chinese side will send 97 personnel, mainly from the army troops
of the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command . . . the
Cambodian side will send 280 personnel,” Yang Yujin, spokesman for
China’s Defence Ministry, said earlier this month.
“The joint exercise is aimed at strengthening bilateral coordination
and cooperation in joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
operations,” Yang added.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Cambodian senior military
official said the exercise “will not use any real bullets”. Defence
Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat could not be reached yesterday.
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