India and Burma sign seaport deal - Human Rights/Terrorism
4/4/08
India has agreed to build a $120m seaport and transportation system in Myanmar. Representatives of both sides sealed the deal in New Delhi on Wednesday, an Indian foreign ministry statement said. Senior General Maung Aye, second-in-command of Myanmar’s military government, and Mohammad Hamid Ansari, India’s vice president, signed the accord. India also called for Myanmar to push forward with plans for national reconciliation, saying the country’s rulers should engage Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader, the statement said.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BBE7BB4E-2644-4477-B52F-1DA831EEF3E8.htm