Russian Key to the Mekong River

... to achieve a restoration of the water balance from the upstream countries, and the negotiations within the MRC, the “Mekong Commission”, have so far been fruitless. MRC was established as a consultative intergovernmental organization to include Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam, with Myanmar and China being “partners for dialogue”. The Commission has seen major advances; the Decision Support Framework (DSF), an analytical tool set up to assess the magnitude of changes in the Mekong basin, ...