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China-Cambodia military relations reach new high: Defense Spokesperson

中柬两军关系迈上新台阶,取得新发展

来源:China Military Online 责任编辑:Li Jiayao
2021-07-29 17:08:56

记者:柬埔寨军队领导人近期在中国共产党建党百年之际向中方表达祝贺。请进一步介绍中柬两军关系情况。

吴谦:中柬两军是情同手足的好兄弟,互帮互助的好朋友。有中国网民把柬埔寨称为“柬钢”,形容双方友谊坚如钢铁。近年来,在习近平主席和洪森首相的亲自引领和推动下,两国全面战略合作伙伴关系深入发展,两军在军事训练、人员培训、军兵种交流等领域保持着良好交流合作。一是高层交往密切。在疫情背景下,两军高层领导继续通过视频、电话和信函等方式保持着密切沟通协调。柬副首相兼国防大臣迪班、王家军总司令翁比赛、国防部政策外事总局局长能索瓦近期分别就中国共产党成立100周年向中方致信祝贺。二是开展抗疫合作。中国政府和军队向柬方派出抗疫医疗专家组,连续多批次向柬方提供抗疫物资和疫苗援助,柬国防部也在去年中国疫情暴发初期向中方提供抗疫物资援助,充分体现了两国两军同舟共济、守望相助的真挚情谊。三是保持专业领域交流。去年3月,中柬两军“金龙-2020”联合训练在柬成功举行。这是中国军队去年疫情期间与外军开展的唯一一次实兵实弹演训,体现了两军合作的高水平。今年6月,中柬两军举行首次国防白皮书视频研讨交流。这是我与外军首次在国防白皮书领域开展此类交流。

下一步,中国军队将与柬埔寨军队共同努力,认真落实两国元首达成的重要共识,保持两军各领域务实合作,推动两军关系迈上新台阶,取得新发展。

BEIJING, July 29 -- The Chinese and Cambodian armed forces are good brothers and good friends who help each other, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, on Tuesday.

Snr. Col. Wu made the remarks when asked to introduce the military-to-military relationship between China and Cambodia. He said that some Chinese netizens refer to Cambodia as “steel-like Cambodia”, describing that the China-Cambodia friendship is as strong as steel.

He stressed that in recent years, under the personal guidance and promotion of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the two countries have witnessed in-depth development in their comprehensive strategic partnership, and the two militaries have maintained good exchanges and cooperation in the fields of military training, personnel training, and exchanges among services and arms.

He pointed out that the two militaries have maintained frequent high-level exchanges. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, senior leaders of the two militaries have kept close communication and coordination through video meetings, phone calls and letters. General Tea Banh , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Cambodia, General VongPisen, Commander-in-Chief of the Cambodian Royal Armed Forces (RCAF) , and NemSowath, Director-General of the General Department of Policy and Foreign Affairs under the Ministry of National Defense of Cambodia, have sent messages of congratulations to China on the centenary of the Communist Party of China recently.

The two sides have also carried out anti-epidemic cooperation. The Chinese government and military sent medical expert teams to Cambodia and provided anti-epidemic materials and vaccines in multiple batches; and the Cambodian side also offered anti-epidemic material assistance to China in line with the arrangement of its Ministry of National Defense at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in China last year, which fully reflects the sincere friendship between the two countries and the two militaries in helping and supporting each other.

In addition to these, the two militaries have maintained exchanges in professional fields, the spokesperson added. In March last year, the “Golden Dragon 2020” China-Cambodia joint training was successfully held in Cambodia. This was the only live-fire exercise conducted by the Chinese military with foreign troops during the COVID-19 pandemic last year, reflecting the high-level cooperation between the two militaries. In June of this year, the Chinese and Cambodian armed forces held the first video seminar focusing on the defense white papers, marking the debut of the Chinese military’s exchange on defense white papers with a foreign counterpart.

Snr. Col. Wu stressed that in future, the Chinese military will join hands with its Cambodian counterpart to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and maintain practical cooperation between the two militaries in various fields so as to strengthen the bilateral military relationship and push it to a new level.