Photo taken on July 26, 2019 shows naval vessels docking at the Ream Naval Base in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia. A group of about 80 local and foreign journalists visited Cambodia's Ream Naval Base here on Friday after rumors that the country signed a secret deal allowing China to set up a military outpost. Located on a peninsula about 20 km southeast of the Preah Sihanouk provincial town, the 100-hectare base could dock only small vessels weighing less than 5,000 tons because water depth was between 6 and 7 meters only, said Rear Admiral Ouk Seyha, commander of the Ream Naval Base. "Neither the Ream Naval Base, nor other bases in Cambodia is allowed to host a foreign military base because it is against the country's constitution," he told reporters. (Photo by Li Lay/Xinhua)
