India-Myanmar-Thailand highway to be completed in next couple of years: Official.

Anurag Bhushan, Joint Secretary (ASEAN-ML), Ministry of External Affairs, recently said the Centre is looking to complete the work on the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway in the next couple of years. He said the government is also looking at the possibility of extending it to other countries.

The 1,360-km long trilateral highway will help connect Moreh, India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar and is expected to boost trade and commerce in the ASEAN-India Free Trade Area.

“We have invested in the last few years in getting the trilateral highway between India’s North-East part through Myanmar to Thailand. Even though the topography is challenging and conditions are unprecedented, the progress has been good. We are looking at completion of the project in next couple of years,” he said at a seminar on Indo-ASEAN Partnership, organised jointly by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and the External Affairs Ministry, here on Thursday.

According to Bhushan, the trilateral highway will only become ‘meaningful’ once we finalise the India-Myanmar-Thailand Motor Vehicle Agreement as it will help in seamless movement of passenger, personal and cargo vehicles along roads linking the three countries. “The Motor Vehicle Agreement is being looked at very positively,” he said.

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