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Second is reinforcing non-physical aspects of connectivity.
In addition to invest in infrastructure, it is also important to ensure that goods and
people can move freely across borders. Therefore, laws and regulations need to be put in place.
This is why we need to finalize the cross-border transport agreement among GMS countries. This
will reduce time and costs at borders transforming the transport corridor into the efficient
economic corridor. At the same time, we need to protect our region
from cross-border problems. In particular, we must ensure that connectivity will not
be misused to pursue illegal cross-border activities. These include transnational crimes
and drugs trafficking.