[wvns] Burmese FM blames 'opportunists'
Burmese FM blames 'opportunists'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7023205.stm
Burma's Foreign Minister Nyan Win has blamed "political opportunists"
for trying to turn protests by a small group of activists into a
showdown.
Speaking to the UN General Assembly, he said "normalcy" had returned
to Burma after days of pro-democracy protests.
At least nine people were killed, and possibly many more, when
security forces ended days of mass protests.
UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has met Burma's military leader
General Than Shwe, officials said.
Mr Gambari had been waiting four days to see the general.
No details have emerged of the meeting, but he is in Burma to convey
the international community's concerns over the violent crackdown.
He would also have been able to pass on the views of pro-democracy
leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whom he met on Sunday.
'Utmost restraint'
The general's reaction to Mr Gambari's comments is likely to have been
the same as that of the foreign minister Myan Win to the UN, says the
BBC's Chris Hogg in Bangkok, in neighbouring Thailand.
They sought to turn the situation into a political showdown aided
and abetted by some powerful countries
Nyan Win
Burmese foreign minister
In front of an international audience at the general assembly, Nyan
Win gave his government's version of events in Burma.
He said "neo-colonialism has reared its ugly head" by trying to spread
disinformation about human rights abuses in Burma.
"The situation would not have deteriorated had the initial protest of
a small group of activists against the rise in fuel prices had not
been exploited by political opportunists," he said.
"They sought to turn the situation into a political showdown aided and
abetted by some powerful countries.
"They also took advantage of protests tagged initially by a small
group of Buddhist clergy demanding apology for maltreatment of fellow
monks by local authorities."
He said that security forces had exercised "utmost restraint" when
they stepped in after "the mob became unruly and provocative".
"Normalcy has now returned to Myanmar [Burma]," he said.
UN envoy
Almost two weeks of sustained popular protest, centred in the main
city of Rangoon, was halted when police and soldiers moved against
protesters late last week.
The authorities said 10 people were killed as the protests were
dispersed, though diplomats and activists say the number of dead was
many times higher.
On Monday, the centre of Rangoon was almost back to normal, a
reporter, who cannot be identified for security reasons, told the BBC.
On Saturday, when Mr Gambari travelled to the new capital Naypidaw, he
was allowed to meet only more junior members of the government.
On Sunday, Mr Gambari held talks with detained opposition leader Aung
San Suu Kyi in Rangoon - the first foreigner to be permitted to do so
for 10 months.
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What the "Junta" wants: His Excellency U Nyan Win
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar
http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/60/statements/mya050921eng.pdf
"Cuba opposed foreign interference in Myanmar's
affairs."
"The Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque
met with his counterpart from military-ruled Myanmar U
Nyan Win on Tuesday (September 18) as part of a
two-day official visit to Cuba.
They discussed issues of common social and economic
relations and signed an agreement on mutual
cooperation between both countries.
Nyan Win stated that Myanmar would support Cuba's
struggle against a U.S. embargo at the UN General
Assembly next week.
Roque said that Cuba opposed foreign interference in
Myanmar's affairs. "
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BACKGROUND
China Approves Oil Pipeline to Burma
VOA News
Washington
17 April 2006
http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2006-04/2006-04-17-voa5.cfm
China's state media says the country has approved the construction of
an oil pipeline to Burma.
The official China Business Newspaper says the National Development
and Reform Commission gave the approval for the pipeline at the
beginning of April. It is to connect Burma's deep-water port of Sittwe
to the city of Kunming in the landlocked Yunnan province of
southwestern China.
Construction is likely to begin sometime this year, although the
newspaper did not mention any timetable for completion.
Approval for the pipeline has been pending for some time.
China wants to build the pipeline to reduce its dependence on oil
tankers traveling through the Strait of Malacca with shipments of
crude oil from the Middle East and Africa.
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China, Myanmar oil pipeline projects to start soon
http://www.indoburmanews.net/archives-1/2007/april/china-myanmar-oil-pipeline-projects-to-start-soon/
April 22, 2007: BEIJING: China, which outsmarted India to shore up an
energy deal with Myanmar, will offer USD 83 million loan to that
country and invest billions of dollars to construct strategic
Sino-Myanmar oil and gas pipelines.
The construction of the oil pipeline is expected to start this year
which would provide an alternative route for the energy-hungry
country's crude imports from Middle East and Africa.
Earlier this month, the National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC), China's top planning body, approved the Sino-Myanmar oil
pipeline project linking Myanmar's deep-water port of Sittwe with
Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province in southwest China.
No timetable has been provided by Chinese oil giant, Sinopec for the
completion of the work. Meanwhile, China will invest eight billion
yuan (USD 1.04 billion) to build a gas pipeline, which stretches 2,380
kilometres, linking Myanmar with Kunming.
The pipeline will transport 170 billion cubic meters of natural gas
from the Middle East to southwest China in the next 30 years. Vice
mayor of southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Huang Qifan said
the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) had chosen Chongqing as the
destination for the pipeline, noting the city would build a
10-million-tonne capacity refinery to process imported crude, which is
due to come on stream in three years.
Deputy Director of the planning institute of PetroChina Company Ltd,
Han Jingkuan said China may also establish an oil refinery in Kunming.
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Energy and power
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Myanmar-ENERGY-AND-POWER.html
Myanmar
Myanmar's petroleum industry was completely nationalized in 1963–64,
and the Petroleum and Mineral Development Corp. was formed by the
amalgamation of the Mineral Resources Development Corp., the Mines and
Explosives Department, and the Burma Geological Development Corp.
Petroleum and natural gas deposits were found in 1963 in the Irrawaddy
basin and delta. Myanmar has been self-sufficient in oil since 1977;
petroleum reserves were estimated at 51.3 million barrels in 1991.
Most natural gas comes from the field at Prome. Exploitation of the
natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Martaban, Natmi, and Payagon was
expected to significantly raise Myanmar's energy reserves. Oil
production was estimated at 11,000 barrels per day in 1998. In 1995,
natural gas production totaled 51,044 million cu ft (1,446 million cu
m). Pipelines in Myanmar include 1,343 km (835 mi) for crude petroleum
and 330 km (205 mi) for natural gas, although some of these lines are
believed to be in disrepair. Coal resources in Myanmar are of
relatively low thermal value. The two principal mines are an
underground mine south of Kalewa and an opencast mine at Namma, south
of Lashio. About 32,191 tons of coal came from the two mines in 1995.
Production of electricity in 2000 totaled 49,310 million kWh, of which
thermal plants provided about 83% and hydroelectric power roughly 17%.
Electric power capacity rose to 1,458 MW in 2001, but power supply
remained inadequate to meet the country's needs and shortages were on
the rise across the country.
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