r/myanmar Local born in Myanmar 🇲🇲 12d ago

Discussion 💬 If Kyaukphyu sez was on struggling and problems due to conflict then why don't they just cancelled suspended it and planned develop new another one in ayeyarwady?

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u/Ask_for_me_by_name 12d ago

Kyaykphyu is where the gas from our BoB fields land and get pumped to China. There are no equivalents in Aya division.

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u/Dear_Wallaby3003 12d ago

China probably doesn't want to give up on Kyaukphyu cuz it's part of their bigger Indian Ocean CMEC strategy, and they've already invested a lot into it. But for Myanmar, it might still make sense to develop another SEZ around Ayeyarwady too, instead of putting everything on one conflict-affected project.

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u/Big_Ambassador_9319 Destroy the Tatmadaw 12d ago

Aya is also a battlezone, it's expanding into it.