"The highway stretching from Dhaka to Cox's Bazaar extending to Teknaf close to the Burmese border will be constructed as an international route under the Asian Highway project. Directives in this regard have been issued to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications to hold talks with the Burmese counterparts for the development of the road beyond Teknaf to Maungdaw on the Burmese side and through Arakan State to Rangoon. At present this part of the Burmese side of the road is inaccessible, mountainous and abounding in rivers..."