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By C. Raja Mohan
During his brief halt here, Mr. Singh will meet the Foreign Minister of Thailand, Surakiart Sathirathai, and review the progress in bilateral relations and prepare for the trilateral meeting with Myanmar in Yangon on Saturday. India's eagerness to link its remote North Eastern region with the world has met with equal enthusiasm from Thailand, which is looking at an East-West highway that will link the country to Myanmar and India to the West and Indo-China to the East. Once the physical linkages are in place the three Governments will have to work out harmonist customs and other procedures to facilitate trade and transport across the new land bridge between India and South East Asia. India's new emphasis on building transport corridors to South East Asia was underscored today when the first flight of Air India from Guwahati arrived in Bangkok arrived minutes before Mr. Singh landed here.
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