Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese counterpart on an official visit to boost relations between the neighboring Southeast Asian countries that are close but historically complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/comfrel.info\/3RD19OY;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Around twelve months ago, the U.S. Defense Department was confident enough in its intelligence to state in its annual \u201cReport on Military and Security Developments Involving the People\u2019s Republic of China\u201d that the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia \u201cwill be the PRC\u2019s first overseas base in the Indo-Pacific.\u201d But give an eye to the Pentagon\u2019s same report for this year, published in late October. There are seven mentions of Cambodia, but not one states that Ream will be a Chinese base. In fact, the Pentagon\u2019s only comments this time are that \u201cin June 2022, a PRC official confirmed that the PLA would have access to parts of Cambodia\u2019s Ream Naval Base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/comfrel.info\/3RuywlI;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The UK, US and Canada announced a package of sanctions against Cambodian individuals and entities, freezing their assets and travel, as a result of alleged human rights violations, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n