{"id":9104,"date":"2025-01-17T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:10:36","slug":"indian-ambassador-assesses-kalatan-project-and-sittwe-port-operations-handling-150-ships-in-less-than-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=9104","title":{"rendered":"Indian Ambassador Assesses Kalatan Project and Sittwe Port Operations, Handling 150 Ships in Less Than a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>17 January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kalatan Comprehensive Development Project is a joint initiative between India and Myanmar, located in Sittwe, Rakhine State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Ambassador Abhay Thakur visited Sittwe Port from January 16 to 17, 2025, to assess ongoing operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Thakur, along with Shri Sunil Mukundan and officials from IPGL and the Indian Embassy, reviewed the Sittwe Port, part of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Corridor (KMMTTC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its opening in May 2023, the port has handled over 150 cargo vessels, transporting goods like rice, medicines, fuel, vehicles, and construction materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Thakur met Rakhine State Chief Minister U Htein Lin to discuss joint development projects and initiatives under the Rakhine State development plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides agreed that Sittwe Port will enhance connectivity, promote people-to-people exchanges, tourism, and cultural heritage development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador stressed the importance of peace and stability for the full potential of the Kaladan project to be realized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#mtnews #Ambassador #Myanmar #India #Sittwe #Rakhine #Port #IPGL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/photo_2025-01-17_16-30-20-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/photo_2025-01-17_16-30-20-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/photo_2025-01-17_16-30-20-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/photo_2025-01-17_16-30-20-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/photo_2025-01-17_16-30-20.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 January 2025 The Kalatan Comprehensive Development Project is a joint initiative between India and Myanmar, located in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9107,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions\/9107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}