August 15, 2023
BANGKOK – A three-country meeting on an economic corridor project resolved to invite China and India to join as special members, a senior Thai official said.
The Luang Prabang-Indochina-Mawlamyine Economic Corridor (Limec) meeting was hosted by Thailand in Phitsanulok’s Muang district on Monday morning. The meeting, held at Topland Hotel, was chaired by deputy provincial governor Wathit Panyakhom.
Attending were government representatives from Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Mon and Kareni states as well as representatives of relevant government agencies and the private sector from respective countries.
Limec is a proposed economic corridor that would link the cities of Luang Prabang and Xayaburi in Laos, Tak, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Sukhothai and Uttaradit in Thailand, and Tachileik and Mawlamyine in Myanmar. The corridor will be…