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Dhaka, Yangon to establish road link

UNB, Yangon
Bangladesh and Myanmar yesterday agreed to establish road-link between Dhaka and Yangon for easy communication and to strengthen people-to-people contact in a landmark development in relations between the two next-door neighbours.
The road will be called "Myanmar-Bangladesh Friendship Road".
A taskforce will be formed soon to implement the proposed direct road communications, seen as a milestone in bilateral relations.
The major decision was reached at the official talks between Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Myanmar Prime Minister and State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Than Shwe here yesterday afternoon.
The two sides also approved the signing of two MOUs on Account Trade and establishment of Joint Trade Commission aimed at bolstering bilateral economic cooperation.
The MOUs were signed by Bangladesh Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and Myanmar's Commerce Minister Brigadier General Pyi Sone in presence of the two premiers at Parliament Building Pyithu Hiuttaw. Another MOU on Coastal Shipping will be signed today.
The talks lasting about 90 minutes discussed "entire gamut" of bilateral relations, with economic cooperation figuring high.
The Myanmar prime minister billed the Bangladesh leader's visit as a "milestone" and said it would open a "new chapter" in bilateral relations.
"The existing friendly relations between the two countries will now turn into a brotherly relation with your visit," he was quoted as saying by Bangladesh's Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan.
Khan said construction of the proposed Bangladesh-Myanmar Road and bridge over river Naaf would commence within months and is expected to finish within this year.
He said communications ministers of the two countries would meet today to work out a "detailed timebound action programme" for construction of the Dhaka-Yangon Road for cross-border transportation.
Describing the talks as "fruitful", the foreign minister said the summit-level meeting also decided to have military cooperation for capacity-building of the armed forces through training and sharing experiences.
The issue of avoidance of double taxation also came up in the meeting that decided to sign a MOU on this matter in the near future.
On the proposed Coastal
Shipping arrangement, the Myanmar side suggested tripartite agreement involving Thailand. But Bangladesh requested for a bipartite agreement for quick fostering of economic relations, with the option for including Thailand in future.
About Bangladesh's proposal for easing visa regime allowing a Bangladeshi citizen to stay in Myanmar for more than 90 days, the Myanmar side assured of taking immediate measures in this respect.
About the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from camps in Bangladesh, the Myanmar premier said necessary instructions would be given to the authorities and hoped that the problem would be solved bilaterally.
Bangladesh made a strong plea for quick repatriation of the remaining 22,000 Rohingya refugees as UNHCR plans to wrap up its programme in the next few months. The Bangladesh side thanked the Myanmar government for already taking back about 2 lakh refugees.
The two sides also decided to hold single-country trade fairs to boost bilateral economic relations. A Bangladeshi Trade Fair begins in Yangon today.
As the Myanmar side suggested upgrading the MOU on present annual consultation between the two foreign ministers to an accord on Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation, the Bangladesh prime minister accepted the proposition.