India will seek more border trade centres with Myanmar

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NEW DELHI, Oct 13 (PTI): India will seek two more border trade centres with Myanmar in the north-eastern states of Manipur and Mizoram but Arunachal Pradesh will be kept out of the proposal owing to security reasons.
The issue will be taken up by Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh at Mandalay in Myanmar during his two-day visit from Tuesday.
At present, Moreh in Manipur is the only operational trade centre on the border. India will propose two additional such centres-Avangkhu in Nagaland and Zowkhathar side.
"However, border trade centres in Arunachal Pradesh are not under discussion because of security and other considerations on the Indian side," an official statement said.
The minister will also propose an expansion of items to be traded with a view to move towards normal free trade very soon at these centres. India will also reiterate its offer to include Mynamar in the duty free tariff preference scheme announced by it for LDCs. The details of the financing mechanism to facilitate expanded bilateral trade will also be firmed up during the Mandalay talks.