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Myanmar to Ensure Speedy Completion of India-Funded Connectivity Projects
Myanmar to Ensure Speedy Completion of India-Funded Connectivity Projects
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PM Narendra Modi and Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing held wide-ranging talks covering trade and economic ties, connectivity, defence and security-related issues, border management and development assistance
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Prime Minister Modi and President Min Aung Hlaing have underscored the need for expediting work on the Delhi-backed the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) and the India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) trilateral highway, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed reporters after the Summit-level talks between the leaders at Delhi’s Hyderabad House.Misri described these projects as a “major priority” for India. While the $391 million Kaladan Project seeks to link India’s landlocked Mizoram state to the Sittwe port in Myanmar, the IMT highway seeks to establish directly overland connectivity between India and Thailand and in effect ASEAN.Whereas the section of the trilateral highway, where work was underway and has gone on in fits and starts in recent years as well, is in an area where ethnic armed groups are quite active and engaging in hostilities with Myanmar Army. Obviously, these circumstances make it difficult to meet pre-set targets and dates, he added.Misri said that India has continued to engage with Myanmar authorities to progress work on these projects whenever there has been a lull in fighting or through ensuring security of workers involved in these projects.During the talks, both the leaders vowed to prevent the “misuse of sovereign territory” for activities inimical to security interests of both sides, Misri said. “The President of Myanmar in particular reiterated the commitment that Myanmar’s territory wont be permitted to be used against India’s security interests,” he said.India Doesn’t Believe in Policy of Disengagement with MyanmarThe Indian Foreign Secretary said that Prime Minister Modi also had a “freewheeling discussion” on issues of issue of democracy, peace process and political inclusion with the Myanmar President, including on the issue of former President Aung San Suu Kyi. Since his election win, Hlaing has invited ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) and opposition leaders in a bid to advanced political reconciliation in the civil war-ravaged nation as well as has granted amnesty to over 4,000 poltical prisoners.Misri noted that Indian PM underlined the need for “inclusion” through the involvement of all stakeholders to achieve “enduring peace” to the President.The Foreign Secretary clarified that India didn’t intend to make any comment on Myanmar’s “internal political developments” and that it was seeking a “sustained dialogue” with the government.On the other hand, disengagement only produces a vacuum that others want to fill in to our detriment. And those others have no interest in democracy, the Indian diplomat added.
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Myanmar to Ensure Speedy Completion of India-Funded Connectivity Projects
18:23 01.06.2026 (Updated: 18:58 01.06.2026) PM Narendra Modi and Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing held wide-ranging talks covering trade and economic ties, connectivity, defence and security-related issues, border management, development assistance and the political situation in the ASEAN nation, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed reporters in Delhi on Monday.
Prime Minister Modi and President Min Aung Hlaing have underscored the need for expediting work on the Delhi-backed the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) and the India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) trilateral highway, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed reporters after the Summit-level talks between the leaders at Delhi’s Hyderabad House.
“It was raised by the Prime Minister today. And the President once again have his assurance that Myanmar would do everything to ensure that these projects moved forward towards completion,” Misri told the briefing.
Misri described these projects as a “major priority” for India. While the $391 million Kaladan Project seeks to link India’s landlocked Mizoram state to the Sittwe port in Myanmar, the IMT highway seeks to establish directly overland connectivity between India and Thailand and in effect ASEAN.
“Right now, the obstacle that faces both of these projects is the security situation in Myanmar. The Kaladan highway is in an area where there are active hostilities going on right now between the Myanmar Army and the ethnic armies in the Rakhine state,” the Indian Foreign Secretary said.
Whereas the section of the trilateral highway, where work was underway and has gone on in fits and starts in recent years as well, is in an area where ethnic armed groups are quite active and engaging in hostilities with Myanmar Army. Obviously, these circumstances make it difficult to meet pre-set targets and dates, he added.
Misri said that India has continued to engage with Myanmar authorities to progress work on these projects whenever there has been a lull in fighting or through ensuring security of workers involved in these projects.
Hlaing is paying his maiden foreign visit after being elected as President in a parliamentary vote in April. The federal election in December and January, the first since 2021, was won by the Union Solidarity and Development Party. During his talks with PM Modi, both the sides agreed to further deepen their bilateral cooperation.
During the talks, both the leaders vowed to prevent the “misuse of sovereign territory” for activities inimical to security interests of both sides, Misri said. “The President of Myanmar in particular reiterated the commitment that Myanmar’s territory wont be permitted to be used against India’s security interests,” he said.
India Doesn’t Believe in Policy of Disengagement with Myanmar
The Indian Foreign Secretary said that Prime Minister Modi also had a “freewheeling discussion” on issues of issue of democracy, peace process and political inclusion with the Myanmar President, including on the issue of former
President Aung San Suu Kyi. Since his election win, Hlaing has invited ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) and opposition leaders in a bid to advanced political reconciliation in the civil war-ravaged nation as well as has
granted amnesty to over 4,000 poltical prisoners.
Misri noted that Indian PM underlined the need for “inclusion” through the involvement of all stakeholders to achieve “enduring peace” to the President.
The Foreign Secretary clarified that India didn’t intend to make any comment on Myanmar’s “internal political developments” and that it was seeking a “sustained dialogue” with the government.
“We have always proceeded on the principle that a sustained dialogue is what is important and what is an imperative for India as a neighbour. And the answer is clearly not disengagement. History has shown that disengagement doesn’t give us any results that are better than engagement. And it certainly doesn’t produce a democratic change if that’s what we are interested in,” Misri said.
On the other hand, disengagement only produces a vacuum that others want to fill in to our detriment. And those others have no interest in democracy, the Indian diplomat added.
