During the President's visit to China, discussions were held to restart the Myitsone project, said the spokesperson of the President's Office

■ If the local people do not agree with the Myitsone project, it will not be easy for the project to succeed. President's office spokesperson Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said that if the local people do not agree with the Myitsone project, it will not be easy to achieve the project. At the press conference of the President's Office held in Nay Pyi Taw this afternoon (June 30), it was learned that talks are underway in Kachin State to resume the Myitsone project, and in response to a reporter's question about how the public's concerns will be resolved if the project continues, President Office spokesperson DoEta Khaing Khaing Soe added the above. "The question you just asked is about the people's concerns, and the people's concerns are correct, and the President is also concerned about the people's concerns. The President said about this project on July 22, 2025. If the local people do not accept it, if they do not agree, this project will not be easy to succeed. That is why we need to get the opinion of the local people.This is not the President yet, This kind of guidance was given during the interim president's tenure. The relevant local committees, Next Kachin State Government At that time, it was like January 2026. In January, we formed 24 members and held meetings with the public on the ground. There, the results of their discussion came out. Here are the results of our discussionNot released yet. We will continue to analyze," Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said. In the results of the discussion, all the people who discussed in the discussion think that electricity is needed. Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said that all residents want electricity. Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said, "All the people we discussed want electricity. All the local residents want electricity. But some of them are getting wrong information. If this is done, the floods will disappear, the residents will have to move out, etc. If this happens, they will worry about people's lives and livelihoods. This is why they are worried.We have also analyzed and studied in detail. How good is it? How much is the negative effect? Check and Balance Next, you have to balance. There will be good in every project, There will also be bad things. Check and balance for that, and if there is a good percentage, these projects will be implemented. If you say roughly this Myitsone project, this is KyungyoThere are many. There may be some side effects. The negative effects that can be the best and the least, After the calculations are made by the experts, we will officially release this," he said. Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said that during the President's visit to China, there were discussions to restart the Myitsone project. "During this trip, we also discussed the resumption of the Myitsone project. Another thing is that the Ministry of Electricity's national electricity supply project in our country aims to provide 100 percent electricity to the entire country by 2030. This has been a long time coming, and this project has only been implemented. However, we are now participating.All the big journalists who come know it. We don't have electricity. It's hot and summer is here. We all know the trouble of not having a fire. Because of that, in the past meetings, the President said that if he could implement the Myitsone project, our country would be on fire right now. With the lighting, the country's economic development, FireWe all know that we can't do anything without it. How difficult the situation. We will take action to ensure the supply of electricity," Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said. The Irrawaddy Myitsone Project has seven locations, and within these seven projects, Myitsone, river One river basin project will produce 5600 megawatts of electricity, and the electricity needed for the whole country is more than 10000 megawatts. If this project alone produces 5,600 megawatts of electricity, the remaining six projects will be combined with the portions to be provided.Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe said that there will be enough electricity for our country after it is delivered, so the whole country will be lit up.