Posts Tagged ‘Sittwe port’

Rangoon, 24 Nov. (AKI) - Leaders from India and Burma have strengthened bilateral economic ties after top level talks in Rangoon. India's Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, met Burma's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, U Kyaw Thu, to extend investment pledges discussed earlier this year. Menon's visit followed agreements endorsed by the second in command at Burma's State Peace and Development Council, Maung Aye, in Indian capital New Delhi seven months ago. Full story

Mr Jairam Ramesh union minister of state for commerce & power said that India would complete the prestigious project of rebuilding and expanding the Sittwee port in the Arakan region of Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal in four years by 2012, one year ahead of the current estimated schedule. Full story