India to sign motor transport
agreement with Myanmar, Thailand
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KOLKATA: India is set to sign a
motor transport agreement with Myanmar and Thailand for
seamless movement of cargo among these countries next year.
"The agreement, the protocol for
which is being finalised, will be signed by the last week of
March or the first week of April, 2016," Union Road
Transport and Highways Secretary Vijay Chibber said after
flagging off the trial-run of a cargo vehicle under the
Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional initiative
for uninterrupted cargo movement.
The agreement was earlier
scheduled to be signed by December this year.
"The delay is owing to elections
in Myanmar which we have been told will take three months to
be completed," Chibber said.
Once the election process in
Myanmar is over, the landmark agreement among the three
countries would be signed, he said.
The agreement would be signed in
Myanmar, Chibber said, adding "there is growing convergence
among all these countries for opening up roads to every
country's benefit."
The signing of the
India-Myanmar-Thailand ( IMT) agreement on the lines of the
BBIN initiative, which will throw open seamless movement of
cargo, passenger and private vehicles would give a huge
boost to economic activities among these countries in the
region, he said.
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