GUWAHATI, Jan 10 – Myanmar has agreed to the Indian proposal of reopening the Stilwell Road which is expected to boost business activities in the North East, a press release stated. Nyan Win, the Foreign Minister of Myanmar responding to the request of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at the 5th North East Business Summit at Kolkata gave the assurance of reopening the Stilwell Road.
Agreeing that the distance between India and China would be minimum through the Stilwell Road, Nyan Win asked the Govt of India to take up the road making exercise between Tanai of Myanmar to India. He said that China has already constructed the road upto Tanai.
"There is a balance portion from Tanai to the Indian border which can now be completed with the support of the Govt of India," said Nyan Win.
Promising to make operational the Ledo Road with the balance portion to be built up with Indian help, Nyan Win expressed that the shortest road to China crossing Kachin State will considerably reduce transportation time between India and China and will make transportation faster and economical.(AT)
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