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(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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