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WHAT THAI MP SAID

• Thai Nation Power Party MP Songklod Thipparat, who chairs the parliament’s group that studies the project’s feasibility, said the centuries-old dream to build a canal across the KraIsthmus is getting closer to
• become a reality.
• He said countries such as China, India, Australia, and the U.S. are willing to support Thailand on the project.

NEW DETAILS

• The “Thai Canal” will include two parallel channels spanning across three provinces of Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Songkhla in the south

THAI CANAL DETAILS

• The canal would take an estimated ten years to complete at a cost of US$28 billion
• In 2005, an internal report prepared for U.S. Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeld was leaked to The Washington Times, spelling out China’s strategy of underwriting construction of the canal across the KraIsthmus, with Chinese port facilities and refineries, as part of its “string of pearls” strategy of forward bases and energy security.

THAI CANAL DETAILS

• One of the major reasons behind the delay in the KraCanal project was objection raised by U.S and India
• The reason for the objection was the possibility of China using Thai Canal to debt trap Thailand and using the canalforits own advantage

NEW DEVELOPMENT AND CONCLUSION

• The new development would come as a major relief for strategy makers in U.S and India
• Ifthe KraCanal is built with joint cooperation then the chances of it being militarised would be reduced to a large extent
• However before any construction begins Thailand would have to ensure that there is peace in their south provinces

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