Myanmar and Belarus ministers discussed matters related to the development of the electricity and energy sectors, during which Union Minister for Electric Power and Energy U Ko Ko Lwin expressed Myanmar’s interest in replacing its ageing high-tension cables currently in use with composite cables manufactured in Belarus that offer higher electrical conductivity.
On October 29, Union Minister for Electric Power and Energy U Ko Ko Lwin and his delegation met with the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus to discuss the practical implementation of the bilateral Roadmap signed for cooperation in the electricity and energy sectors.
During the meeting, the Belarusian Energy Minister said that his country primarily generates electricity from nuclear power and natural gas. He noted that Belarus has extensive experience in operating nuclear power plants. Although the country has no experience in natural gas exploration and production, as it purchases natural gas from Russia, it possesses advanced technologies for natural gas transmission and distribution, as well as electricity transmission and distribution, enabling it to minimize losses. He also expressed Belarus's readiness to cooperate with Myanmar.
In response, Union Minister U Ko Ko Lwin highlighted the importance of training professional personnel and engineers to operate nuclear power plants. He expressed Myanmar's interest in sending personnel to Belarusian power plants for on-the-job training. He also said that Myanmar would soon begin operating a 500 kV power transmission system and expressed interest in having Belarusian experts provide practical training to improve the systematic management, monitoring and maintenance of transmission operations. The Union Minister further expressed Myanmar's desire to cooperate in reducing technical power losses across the national grid and other transmission lines, switchyards and transformers. He also stated that Myanmar was interested in replacing its ageing high-tension cables with composite cables manufactured in Belarus, which offer higher electrical conductivity and greater durability. He emphasized the need for prompt cooperation to reduce electricity and natural gas losses. In addition, he expressed interest in cooperation to improve the efficiency of fertilizer factories and expand their production facilities. The two sides also discussed matters relating to the development of the electricity and energy sectors.
On October 28 and 29, the Union Minister and his delegation visited a transformer manufacturing factory supplying equipment for electricity distribution, a design centre for natural gas and electricity distribution networks, control centres for electricity and natural gas transmission and distribution, electrical cable manufacturing facilities, and a petrochemical industry in Minsk.
