New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 26 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Tuesday said the work on the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral (IMTT) Highway has been stopped owing to the internal strife in Myanmar.

The completion of the highway is considered to be a game changer in India's neighbourhood policy in engaging with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

He cited India's role in shipping vaccines to neighbouring nations during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"There has been steady growth and deepening of ties between New Delhi and ASEAN, which should be further leveraged by all concerned," Jaishankar said at a session on 'Act East, Act Fast and Act First' at the Advantage Assam Summit in Guwahati.

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