Sam Rainsy, an opposition leader who currently resides in exile, claims that the task would advance China’s interests.
The lake is piece of Beijing’s great Belt and Road Initiative, a huge infrastructure scheme across Asia, but Hun Manet insisted it will only offer Cambodia.
” ( We ) do it within the Cambodian territory for the Cambodian people and for the interest of Cambodia”, he said.
A breakthrough ceremony will take place in August.
The 100 m wide, 5 meter deep river may join Thai ports on the Gulf of Thailand with Phnom Penh.
On Thursday, hundreds of Chinese military personnel and some Chinese warships participated in one of their largest monthly military exercises.
Two Taiwanese ships made their first visit to a Thai naval base in December, which the United States claims was aid China’s effect in the Gulf of Thailand.
Thai officials have consistently denied that the bottom, near the port town of Sihanoukville, is for use by any unusual energy.
On Tuesday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Cambodia.