New York - Leaders of Thailand and Myanmar
have agreed to speed up the Dawei deep sea port project and will
announce their development plan this November under the three-level
mechanism.
The confirmation came during half and hour of
bilateral talks between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Myanmar
President Thein Sein on the sidelines of the United Nations General
Assembly.
They also agreed they want the project to progress
quickly and Myanmar would like meetings under the three-level mechanism
to continue, said a source.
The three-level mechanism comprises a
joint high level committee chaired by the Myanmar deputy
president and Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt
Na-Ranong; a coordinating committee headed by the Office of National
Economic and Social Development Board; and the six sub-committees on
infrastructure, industrial estates, energy, community development, rules
and laws, and financial aspects, said the source. The sub-committees
will be headed by the relative ministers in each country.
"Thailand
and Myanmar will announce the project plan during the Asean Summit in
Cambodia this November and the Bangkok government will host the first
meeting soon," added the source.
Other issues to be discussed
during the meetings include Thailand's interest in cooperating with
Myanmar to develop its economic special zone at Thilawa port in Yangon,
he said.
