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France set to fund Myanmar's power project feasibility study

Xinhua, June 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

France will fund the feasibility study of a hydropower project in western Myanmar, according to an official media report Saturday.

The hydropower project with a capacity of 690 megawatt is set to be located in Lamyo, Rakhine state, the report said, noting that the fund amounts to 1 million U.S. dollars,

U Pe Zin Tun, Myanmar minister for electricity and energy, met with visiting French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault in Nay Pyi Taw Friday.

The pair sought ways to meet the country's power demand, including the construction of the hydropower project.

The French foreign minister was also committed to providing other development aid to Myanmar when he met with Myanmar Minister for Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday. Endit