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Tuesday 08 Dec 2015 - 13:55 Makkah mean time-26-2-1437
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Beijing (IINA) – China is planning to build its first overseas military outpost in Djibouti, a move analysts say is part of a broader global economic strategy and reflects deepening ties with Africa, Voice of America reported.
China has said the naval base in the East African nation will be a logistics and supply center. It is China’s first overseas military installation.
Peking University professor of international relations Wang Dong said the facility will be instrumental in protecting Beijing’s key shipping routes, given the fact that China is conducting a lot of piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden for many years.
China deployed U.N. peacekeeping troops to South Sudan this year and has contributed ships to anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since 2008. But the country’s foreign policy has long been based on non-interference in other countries' internal affairs.
The U.S., France and Japan also have bases in Djibouti. The small Horn of Africa country is close to African hot spots like Somalia and the Sahel and sits on the Gulf of Aden, along a key global trade route linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.
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