From Irrawaddy--Myanmar junta signs raft of agreements with Russia--Dawei (Tavoy) SEZ.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/russian-economic-delegation-signs-raft-of-agreements-with-myanmar-junta.html

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development’s press release stated an agreement was signed to invest in the Dawei SEZ in Tanintharyi Region in southern Myanmar. The agreement includes Russian investment in construction of a port and an oil refinery in the SEZ, as reported by the Russian ministry and news agencies. This information was noticeably absent from the junta media reports.

At the meeting, Kan Zaw mentioned that Myanmar-Russia trade and investment partnerships have increased by leaps and bounds since the coup. He highlighted the opportunities for Myanmar to enter the European market by cooperating with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and for Russia to expand further into the Asian market. The EAEU is an economic bloc that includes five post-Soviet states: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.

He invited Russian investors to collaborate in modernizing the transportation and manufacturing sectors, . . .

Last month, a high-level delegation from Belarus, led by Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenknov and including business leaders, held economic discussions with coup leader Min Aung Hlaing and junta ministers. They discussed investment opportunities in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, trade, and cooperation in other special economic zones. Belarus is one of the junta’s few allies along with Myanmar’s neighbors India and China, which are funding the regime with their investments and mega-projects in Myanmar. end post/quote