PM, ministers to visit Myanmar on Monday
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will visit Myanmar on Monday to follow up on the progress of the Dawei deep-seaport project.
Yingluck is scheduled to meet Myanmar President Thein Sein at the development site before inspecting the locations designated for the seaport and special economic zone.
The Thai delegation will include Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong, Transport Minister Chatchart Sithipan, Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal and journalists.
The meeting between the Thai and Myanmar leaders is expected to boost confidence in the project.
National Economic and Social Development Board secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said that during the visit, there would be a second meeting of the Thai-Myanmar commission on the joint development of the special economic zone.
Arkhom said the two countries were in the process of exchanging ideas on investment models before finalising a joint decision on the matter.
The Thai side will offer the model used in the Kingdom’s Eastern Seaboard development Arkhom said. Should Myanmar agree to this model, the two countries will launch a campaign to drum up support among international investors, he added.
