Nay Pyi Taw: As India sought to expedite its infrastructural projects in Myanmar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and president U Thein Sein for the first time set a deadline, 2016, for trilateral road connectivity which will make it possible to drive right up to Thailand from India via Myanmar.
After the Prime Minister's "restricted'' meeting with Thein Sein, who received Singh at his resplendent palace wearing the traditional Burmese g a u n g b a u n g head gear, foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai announced that "efforts would be made to establish seamless trilateral connectivity by 2016".
Singh, who had a one-onone with Thein Sein before the delegation talks, said India would undertake the repair of 71 bridges on the Tamu-Kalewa Friendship Road. Road to Thailand, a bridge to Asean nations for India
Nay Pyi Taw: India and Myanmar have set 2016 as the deadline for a trilateral road connectivity plan. This will make it possible to drive down right up to Thailand.
India had earlier helped Myanmar build Tamu-Kalewa Friendship Road and now the plan is to link it with a place called Yargyi which will effectively link Moreh in India to Mae Sot in Thailand.
"The two leaders decided that India would undertake upgradation of the Kalewa-Yargyi road segment to highway standard, while Myanmar would undertake upgradation of the Yargyi-Monywa stretch to highway standard by 2016," Mathai said, adding that the two leaders welcomed the revival of the Joint Task Force on the trilateral highway. Indian officials believe that this highway will truly become the bridge between India and Asean countries and place it at the heart of India's Look East policy. Myanmar is the only Asean country with which India shares land boundary.
The two leaders decided to constitute a joint working group to determine the technical and commercial feasibility of crossborder rail links and the commercial feasibility of direct shipping links between the two countries.
The two sides also discussed the possibility of Indian participation in development of key infrastructure projects such as the Dawei port in Myanmar.
Manmohan seeks more military cooperation
Nay Pyi Taw: India is looking at more military cooperation with Myanmar, including an effective intelligence sharing mechanism. In his meeting with president Thein Sein, PM Singh also raised the issue of insurgent activities in India's northeast. The issue was discussed in detail, Indian officials said. "It is felt that we must have necessary intelligence sharing and also must intensify cooperation between our armed forces," foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai said. "The PM raised the issue and the president reiterated that no Indian insurgent group will be allowed to operate from Myanmar and that he fully understands our requirements," he added. TNN
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