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\n PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) \u2014 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Cambodia on Tuesday to push for stronger military ties with China\u2019s closest ally in Southeast Asia. Austin met his Cambodian counterpart, Tea Seiha, and Prime Minister Hun Manet during a one-day visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia\u2019s Defense Ministry said in a statement. It said Austin\u2019s visit would strengthen the ongoing good cooperation between the countries that has lasted more than 70 years.Austin arrived from Singapore, where he attended the Shangri-La defense forum and held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Adm. Dong Jun, as the the U.S. and China gradually work to repair lines of communications between their militaries that could be critical as tensions continue to rise between the two in the Indo-Pacific region.U.S. relations with Cambodia have been frosty for years, in large part because of Phnom Penh\u2019s close ties with China, and particularly China\u2019s military presence at a navy base in the Gulf of Thailand that has been upgraded with Beijing\u2019s assistance. Washington has also been vocal about what it sees as Cambodia\u2019s poor human rights record, which has seen continuing clampdowns on political dissidents and critics.<\/p>\n
Cambodian officials deny China will have any special basing privileges and say their country maintains a neutral defense posture.<\/p>\n
The visit was Austin\u2019s first visit to Cambodia since Hun Manet became prime minister last year, succeeding his father Hun Sen, who held office for 38 years. The handover has led to speculation of a reset in U.S.-Cambodia relations, though so far Hun Manet has maintained his father\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n
Hun Manet was Cambodia\u2019s army commander before becoming prime minister last August. Both Austin and he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point \u2014 Austin in 1975 and Hun Manet in 1999, as Cambodia\u2019s first cadet there.Austin also held separate talks Tuesday with Hun Sen, who is now the president of the Senate. From Cambodia, Austin will go to France to attend events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landing, the U.S. Defense Department said.<\/p>\n
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