Echoing Li’s remarks, Suu Kyi said the Myanmar-China friendship has a strong foundation among the public.
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“Aung San Suu Kyi will have much work to do, and much caution to take, to anticipate the potential consequences of China’s demands on both her domestic constituencies and her foreign partners in order to best promote and protect Myanmar’s long-term national interests”, she wrote. It will be her first visit to another country outside the Asean region.
Her move risks unsettling Washington, however, since the Obama administration considers the democratic changes in Myanmar that brought Suu Kyi to power one of its major foreign policy victories in Asia.
Myanmar’s government has chose to allow non-signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) to participate in the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference to be held on August 31.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told reporters after a meeting in Beijing between Suu Kyi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Li had said China hopes Burma can come up with an appropriate resolution.
Suspension Some 90 per cent of the power generated by the dam was due to go to China, and Ms Suu Kyi also backed the suspension of the project.
“China approves of this”, he said, adding: “China and Myanmar are linked by mountains and rivers”.
It also comes barely a month ahead of her scheduled visit to the U.S., and is being seen as a positive move towards boosting bilateral relations with China, who had backed the Burmese military junta that kept Suu Kyi in home detention for 15 years.
Tensions along the Myanmar side of the Chinese border has aggravated over the recent past as the Myanmar government was besieged by demands of greater autonomy from several ethnic groups.
Li said China hopes to press ahead with major cooperation projects, including an oil and gas pipeline and the Myitsone dam.
Apart from the Myitsone project, the government commission will also review other proposed hydroelectric dams along the Thanlwin River.
The dam is jointly funded by the two countries but work was suspended by Myanmar in 2011.
New Delhi: The Sushma Swaraj-led Ministry of External Affairs has launched a Facebook app making all its missions just one click away for everyone across the globe. Analysts have even hailed Suu Kyi’s visit as an important milestone, saying that it will contribute to future economic development, national security and regional cooperation.
China-Myanmar relationship is in a sound state of growth.
Suu heads to China was posted in World of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on August 17, 2016 and was last updated on August 17, 2016. The two leaders witnessed the signing ceremony.
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At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, Suu Kyi and Chinese Premier Li held talks on wide ranging issues of mutual interest to both neighbours.
