Mekong hydropower could conflict with other benefits: Kerry

10 August 2014
The Cambodia Herald
Economy and commerce / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Hydropower dams / International relations / Renewable energy production
ASEAN ministerial meeting / EEPG / Eminent and Expert Persons Group / John Kerry / LMI / Lower Mekong Initiative / Mekong river / Nay Pyi Taw / U.S. Department of State

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that hydropower development along the Mekong River could conflict with other benefits. “You have this tension between the purposes, unless they’re approached thoughtfully and correctly,” he told foreign ministers from the Lower Mekong Initiative gathered in Nay Pyi Taw for the annual ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. … Launched by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009, the Lower Mekong Initiative initially comprised Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Myanmar joined at the annual meeting of foreign ministers in Phnom Penh in 2012. …

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