Guwahati, June 22 -- Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Abhay Thakur visited Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine State, last week and inspected the Sittwe Port, a key component of the stalled Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP).

According to a statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Yangon, the ambassador also met Rakhine State Chief Minister U Naing Oo and visited the office of the Consulate General of India in Sittwe.

The visit comes after understandings reached during Myanmar junta chief turned president, Min Aung Hlaing's recent trip to India, when both sides agreed to revive cooperation to complete the long-delayed Kaladan project.

While construction of the Sittwe Port and a river terminal in Palet...