Dans le
Bangkok post il est mentionné que c’est la
birmanie qui a unilateralement declaré ouvert le poste frontière mais que coté
Thailande ce n’est pas encore fait !!!
entre les promesses, l'annonce officielle et la réalité sur le terrain il va se passer encore un certain temps
en dehors des visa run c'est une info uniquement destinée aux thai qui vont faire du commerce
ou aux rares qui connaissaient déjà le marché de ce coin la (pour les orchidées notamment)
pas de franchissement de frontière pour les étrangers pour aller a Mergui (et les iles du meme nom)
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l'info est paru dans le
Bangkok post
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN -
Myanmar on Wednesday unilaterally upgraded its Mortong border checkpoint with
Thailand to the status of a permanent pass, with
Bangkok dragging its feet and still to officially announce the promised change.
The frontier crossing links the
Myanmar township with Singkhorn checkpoint in Muang district of Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Prachuap governor Veera Sriwattanatrakul said at the ceremony to open the
Myanmar border office that
Thailand had not officially announced a matching upgrade from temporary to permanent checkpoint because of unsettled border demarcation issues in the area.
Thai and
Myanmar officials were due to survey the border from May 27-30, he said.
The upgrading of the
Myanmar checkpoint allows Thais holding a passport or a border pass to travel on
Myanmar vehicles to Mergui, a key town on the Andaman coast in the Tanintharyi Region 200 kilometres from the Thai border.
Tun Tun Win, vice chairman of the Chamber of Trade and Industry of Mergui, said a permanent crossing would stimulate economic ties between
Thailand and Mergui.
The main trade route with
Thailand from Mergui is through
Kawthaung to
Ranong of
Thailand.
He expected more trade through Prachuap Khiri Khan once
Thailand announces a matching upgrade and the road from
Myanmar to the border has been improved.