BANGKOK, 5 November 2012 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been slated to tomorrow meet ministers and officials working on the Dawei deep-sea port project in preparation for a Thai-Myanmar meeting on the joint development this week.

Myanmar President Thein Sein is scheduled to visit Thailand on Wednesday, when the Thai government will kick off a two-day bilateral meeting on the joint development, worth 1.54 trillion baht.

Deputy government spokesman Chalitrat Chandrubeksa said the PM will tomorrow prepare ministers and officials from the transport, industry, energy and foreign ministries for the meeting, which is expected to cover three major issues.

These issues are the development of the deep-sea port in southern Myanmar, the construction of a 132km road linking the sea port to the Thai-Myanmar border, and the development of a 33-megawatt power plant and transmission cables in the Dawei special economic area.

Yingluck and Thein Sein will finalise the meeting outcome at the Asean Summit in Cambodia scheduled for November 17-20, when the two are expected to officially announce a joint partnership to support the Dawei deep-sea port project.

In a related development, Myanmar president Thein Sein this past Saturday met European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, who offered development aid to Myanmar. Barroso then visited Thailand and met Yingluck yesterday.

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