China, India to be invited to join development effortsThailand, Indonesia and Malaysia will deepen economic and logistic cooperation under the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) with a plan to invite China and India into the partnership. Deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said yesterday the three nations will foster closer cooperation under the sub-regional cooperation initiative which comprises several cooperation frameworks including customs, immigration, labour data, and e-commerce. She said the next step is to invite China and India to join the IMT-GT initiative which is a sub-regional initiative formed in 1993 by the three nations to accelerate economic and social development. She said new projects include the development of a rail transport system between Thailand and Malaysia and a tourism development project in northern Sumatra by Indonesia. She said IMT-GT has also agreed to join hands in protecting global geoparks by signing a memorandum of understanding.

Source: Bangkok Post October 23, 2021 03:13 UTC