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The Chinese base is located by the Chinese-operated Port of Doraleh to the west of Djibouti City. To the south of the city are several other foreign military bases, including Camp Lemonnier (United States Navy), [8] Base aerienne 188 (French Air Force), [9] and the Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti. [10] [11]
Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [ note 1 ] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014.
Djibouti is strategically located by the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which separates the Gulf of Aden from the Red Sea and controls the approaches to the Suez Canal. As a result, the country hosts many other foreign military bases, including a Chinese naval base, a French airbase, an Italian Support Base and a Japanese base. The United States ...
The site was slated to become China's first overseas military installation, with an estimated cost of $600 million. According to Djiboutian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf , the 90-acre plot would likely house only 300 Chinese troops and would require the Chinese government to pay the Djiboutian government $20 million annually ...
At the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and located next to the Bab el-Mandeb strait, Djibouti occupies a strategic position and hosts US, Chinese, French and Italian military bases. [ 17 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] According to Al-Jazeera, relations between the UAE-based company and Djibouti were strained after Djibouti denied the UAE ...
Antedating China's anti-piracy naval deployment in the Indian Ocean beginning in December 2008, and the ensuing acquisition of its first overseas military base in Djibouti in August 2017, his analysis predicting China's "permanent military presence" in the Indian Ocean is viewed by Indian policymakers as prescient.
Obock is expected to be the site of the Chinese naval base in Djibouti. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Obock has become a key stop in the route for illegal migration from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia, being the location from where smugglers take migrants on boats to Yemen.
The Italian Base Militare Nazionale di Supporto (National Support Military Base) is capable to host 300 troops and some UAVs. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The Italian Military Support Base in Djibouti , established in 2013, monitors commercial traffic, addresses piracy, and supports counter-terrorism and military operations in the Horn of Africa, Gulf ...