New Delhi and Bangkok will later this month discuss ways to expedite the completion of an ambitious trilateral highway from India’s northeast to Thailand via Myanmar. The highway, which the two nations hope would be ready by 2015, will spur growth in trade and investment in the region. Besides the highway, the interest of Indian companies to participate in the construction of the Dawei port in Myanmar, which is being developed with the help of Thailand, signing of a cluster of MoUs as well as the conclusion of talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) this year will top Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s agenda when the Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok on May 30-31. The Indian embassy in Thailand along with Indian Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta will organise a follow-up seminar on June 17 on the highway projects. Four major seminars have already been held on the plan.