BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that it had "not heard" of any plans for other bases around the world after Djibouti, where China is building its first overseas naval base.
In February, China began construction in Djibouti, strategically located in the Horn of Africa, of a logistics base that will resupply naval vessels taking part in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions off the coasts of Yemen and Somalia in particular.
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