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Cross-border road link to Myanmar to be opened

 By Our Special Correspondent
(From The Hindu Newspaper, February 11, 2001)

NEW DELHI, FEB. 10. India is set to inaugurate next Tuesday a key
cross-border link to Myanmar as part of its policy to draw physical
linkages with South-East Asia.

The 160-km Tamu-Kalemyo road, to be inaugurated by the External Affairs
Minister,Mr. Jaswant Singh, could be reached from Moreh in Manipur.
Consequently, India would be linked to Kalemyo which straddles the
Chindwin river, a key tributary of the legendary Irrawady.

The Tamu-Kalemyo road has been built by India so that it could reach
South-East Asia along a land corridor. Kalemyo is a major junction from
where several link roads stretch to the interiors.

The Tamu-Kalemyo road is likely to fit into the larger regional road
network envisaged by the Asian Highway project, which aims at connecting
the Persian Gulf with South and South- East Asia.

India's out-reach to Myanmar has also been driven by larger concerns
about the Asian security balance. China has made investments of nearly
$2 billion in Myanmar in recent years. Security planers are concerned
the Chinese attempts to access the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman sea
from Myanmar.

According to a senior External Affairs Ministry official, Mr. Singh's
entourage includes representatives from the Ministries of External
Affairs, Home, Power, and Border Roads. The inaugural ceremony would be
attended by the General Officer- Commanding, three corps.

Mr. Singh would later visit Yangon, where he would inaugurate a remote
sensing data processing centre, built by the Indian Space Research
Organisation.



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<b><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+1>Cross-border
road link to Myanmar to be opened</font></font></font></b>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font size=+1>&nbsp;By Our Special
Correspondent</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font size=+1>(From The Hindu Newspaper,
February 11, 2001)</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>NEW
DELHI, FEB. 10. India is set to inaugurate next Tuesday a key cross-border
link to Myanmar as part of its policy to draw physical linkages with South-East
Asia.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>The
160-km Tamu-Kalemyo road, to be inaugurated by the External Affairs Minister,Mr.
Jaswant Singh, could be reached from Moreh in Manipur.&nbsp; Consequently,
India would be linked to Kalemyo which straddles the Chindwin river, a
key tributary of the legendary Irrawady.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>The
Tamu-Kalemyo road has been built by India so that it could reach South-East
Asia along a land corridor. Kalemyo is a major junction from where several
link roads stretch to the interiors.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>The
Tamu-Kalemyo road is likely to fit into the larger regional road network
envisaged by the Asian Highway project, which aims at connecting the Persian
Gulf with South and South- East Asia.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>India's
out-reach to Myanmar has also been driven by larger concerns about the
Asian security balance. China has made investments of nearly $2 billion
in Myanmar in recent years. Security planers are concerned the Chinese
attempts to access the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman sea from Myanmar.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>According
to a senior External Affairs Ministry official, Mr. Singh's entourage includes
representatives from the Ministries of External Affairs, Home, Power, and
Border Roads. The inaugural ceremony would be attended by the General Officer-
Commanding, three corps.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>Mr.
Singh would later visit Yangon, where he would inaugurate a remote sensing
data processing centre, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation.</font></font></font>
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