Myanmar hosts first regional meeting since coup
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Myanmar hosts first regional meeting since coup
Subject: IR
Section: International Organisation
Context: Myanmar’s military government on Monday hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the Army took power last year
About Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC)
- It is a multilateral format established in 2016 for cooperation between the riparian states of the Lancang River and Mekong River.
- The Lancang is the part of the Mekong that flows through China.
- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand are five downstream countries of the Mekong River.
- The central purpose of the format is for China to manage water flow from its hydropower dams with the other riparian states.
- China has built 10 dams along the upper stretch of the Mekong, the part it calls the Lancang.
- LMC Special Fund was created in 2016 to aid in small and medium-sized projects by the Lancang-Mekong countries.
- Recent meeting held under the theme “Solidarity for Peace and Prosperity” in the central city of Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage site.