(Opinion) Pragmatism raises hope for Myitsone Dam
2016-08-19 09:35:20 source:Global Times
August 19, 2016
"Myanmar's de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi will find it hard to
avoid dealing with the suspension of the China-financed Myitsone Dam
project while she is in China on her state visit.
The Myanmese
President U Htin Kyaw announced the establishment of a special review
committee for the dam last Friday, a move believed to be a signal of
lifting the suspension on the project. During Suu Kyi's visit, the issue
will be discussed again, but a real breakthrough probably won't happen.
As
long as talks can be put back on a pragmatic track regardless of
ideological differences and free from Western countries' intervention,
it is only a matter of time before the project will be resumed."
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