AUNG SAN SUU KYI VISITS CHINA FOR MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT|翁山蘇姬訪北京 與總理李克強會談

Myanmar state counselor and foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi paid her 5-day visit to China on August 18th. She expressed her resolution to rebuild relations with China. The resumption of the Myitsone Dam will be a priority, and Aung San Suu Kyi also seeks China's cooperation in her talks with armed ethnic minority groups along Myanmar's borders with China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held a welcoming ceremony for Aung San Suu Kyi at the Great Hall of the People. This is the first visit paid by Myanmar's high official since the new government took office on April 1st. In 2011, Chinese government was to invest US$3.6 billion in constructing Myitsone Dam in northern Myanmar. However, it was barred by environmentalists and has made relations of the two countries stalled. Many speculate that Aung San Suu Kyi's five-day visit is to seek for more financial supports and investments from China. ==LIU ZHENMIN, Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs== Premier Li Keqiang told State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi that China hopes the new Myanmar government appropriately handles and looks for a resolution to the Myitsone Dam issue. Aung San Suu Kyi said that the Myanmar government has already set up an investigation committee to look for an appropriate resolution to the Myitsone Dam issue. Also, Aung San Suu Kyi needs China's cooperation in talks with Myanmar's armed minority groups along northern borders with China, in hope to end the long armed standoff since Myanmar's independence. Myanmar has 2,200-kilometer border with China, the settlement with armed ethnic groups can achieve regional peace. China said it will enforce strategic cooperation projects such as transborder oil pipelines and hydropower dam. And Aung San Suu Kyi emphasized her willingness to find a resolution that suits the interests of ASEAN and China. The two sides signed memorandum on transnational cooperation. Aung San Suu Kyi is to meet Chinese President Xi jin-ping on August 20th. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 緬甸國務顧問翁山蘇姬，出訪北京，18號與中國總理李克強會談，還簽署協議。外媒報導，對於2011年由中方投資，卻遭緬甸喊停的密松水電站，將可望解套。 並肩走向迎賓台，緬甸國務顧問兼外交部長--翁山蘇姬，出訪中國，與中國總理李克強會談，歡迎儀式上，還演奏中緬兩國國歌，以示歡迎。 2011年，由中國出資36億美元、約台幣1142億，要在緬甸北部伊洛瓦底河流域，興建的密松水電站，在遭緬甸環保人士反對喊停後，讓中緬關係，一度發生嫌隙，近年來投資緬甸大幅減少。外界認為，翁山蘇姬出訪北京，展開5天訪問行程，目的是想向中國，爭取更多經濟支持。 ==中國外交部副部長 劉振民== (李克強總理)表達了中方希望 緬甸新一屆政府妥善處理 尋求解決密松水電站的問題 翁山蘇姬閣下表示緬甸政府 已經決定設了一個調查委員會 同這個調查會尋求一個 對密松水電站問題妥善解決的辦法 路透社指出，除了經濟問題，翁山蘇姬也期盼能借中國力量，促進緬甸國內的民族和解。由於緬甸從獨立後，中央政府軍就與地方少數民族，陷入長期武裝對峙。在中緬長達2200公里的國界，中國有很多的少數民族武裝力量，緬甸政府希望能與中國合作，維持緬甸以及鄰近國家的和平。 中國目前在會談內，已表態會與緬甸，加強發展戰略對接，推動中緬油管、水電站等大型建設合作，而翁山蘇姬也強調，緬甸政府非常重視對中關係，願意推動東協，持續發展與中國的關係。 雙方也在會後，簽署雙方合作文件。由於翁山蘇姬，將在20號會見陸國家主席習近平，緬甸歷史學家和作家丹敏認為，這將是歷史性的訪問，可能決定中緬兩國未來的關係走向。 記者陳詩童 報導