In the past two years, with the rapid development of our military's strength, my country has carried out more and more military cooperation with neighboring countries. This itself is a part of our country's obligations to a major country and fulfill its responsibilities, helping neighboring countries build modern national defense capabilities to deal with possible risks and challenges. As for the form of cooperation, it naturally includes providing them with various training and joint exercises, exporting them various high-performance weapons, and of course giving them appropriate equipment assistance.
For example, in the past two days, Cambodia has received a new batch of equipment assistance from our country, including more than 100 military vehicles , and is provided to the military police forces among the Cambodian armed forces; Cambodian military police forces are somewhat similar to our country's armed police forces, mainly undertake various emergency response and stability maintenance tasks in their country. Judging from the photos taken by Cambodians, although the scene is quite large, the equipment provided by our country this time is not as advanced as it is not very valuable. The main ones are dozens of Bobcat 8-wheel chassis high-speed motor vehicles, a batch of earlier versions of the Mengs off-road vehicles, a batch of explosion-proof vehicles modified by medium-sized passenger cars and some medium-sized military trucks.
Judging from the model, this is not a new type of equipment that has just left the factory. Some of the models have even been discontinued for a while. This is a second-hand equipment that has been taken out of the warehouse for maintenance and painted. The airborne troops have a brand new version of equipment, and some army units have also received new warrior armored vehicles, and the armed police's quick-reverse forces have been replaced in recent years. The various eight-wheeled old bobcats, first-generation warrior armored vehicles, and various Iveco modifications that have been retired have become wasteful in the warehouse, but there is still a lot of remaining life, which is directly lost and wasted, and it is simply sent out as a kind of aid, which can be regarded as a use of the last little surplus value, allowing them to play a greater role.
From the military cooperation between China and Cambodia in recent years, it is not a loss to send such a batch of second-hand inventory equipment. After all, if you look at the military equipment purchased from my country in Cambodia in recent years, you can see that the new generation of equipment of the Cambodian armies has been basically contracted by various manufacturers in our country. The Army successively bought our SH-1 155mm truck gun, our 300mm long fire, our 122mm rocket launcher, and many of our light weapon ; the Navy's new patrol ship patrol boats were also built by us.
is just because of this kind of loyal buyer. It would be a good idea to give some gifts to others. After all, military trade cooperation is essentially a kind of commercial cooperation. If you buy advanced equipment and give some mature inventory, it is also a way to win over customers. As for what we are giving second-hand stock lynx all-terrain vehicles, Mengshi off-road vehicles, and other things that are not expensive, they are treated as gifts for big customers. Then you see, the Cambodian army's demand for military vehicles is definitely not something that can be met by just a little warrior. Now it is comfortable to use our warriors. If you want a new car in the future, will you think of buying it here? It is also our military trade system that has finally been benefited.
Compared with the Cambodian Army, which is equipped with a lot of heavy equipment in our country, the military vehicles of the Cambodian military police are all made in the West. After our donation, the strength of the Cambodian military police, especially the rapid maneuverability, has been greatly enhanced, but it can also help our equipment and our logistics system enter a new military branch in Cambodia and occupy a large share. It has helped Cambodia improve its national defense capabilities, and also helped our own military system to achieve a win-win situation.
. Putting aside the other hand, Cambodia has very important value to my country's national interests, especially in the direction of South China Sea and ASEAN .For my country, ASEAN is both an important economic partner and a strategic southern depth. It is a key area of strategic game between China and the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. In recent years, the United States has repeatedly tried to win over ASEAN to fight against China. As the most pro-China among ASEAN, Cambodia has cooperated with them more deeply and provided necessary help. This is a very worthy and should do for us.
At the same time, Cambodia is located in the south of my country's waters outside the South China Sea, bordering Laos on the north, and Vietnam on the east, Vietnam on the west, which is considered the middle position of Indochina Peninsula . While facing the defense pressure of the surrounding Vietnam and Thailand, it has no sovereign conflict with my country. It is a very suitable cooperation object. If we can form more cooperation with Cambodia in defense, it will be a good help to strengthen the surveillance capabilities of the US military in the South China Sea and strengthen our military's legal rights and interests in the central and southern South China Sea. For such friends, we will provide some appropriate help, which is also a suitable means. Free equipment assistance such as
, especially using retired but still in good condition equipment to make friends, is a very common method for traditional major countries. The current cooperative relationship between us and Pakistan was also obtained by us at the most dangerous moment of the Pakistani army, and we transferred the equipment and production capacity of our army to provide assistance. Facts have proved that with a partner like Pakistan, the aid we took out was not at all. The same is true in Cambodia now. The equipment we invest now can help us in some key occasions for our army in the future, which is a win-win situation.
