BIMSTEC

(Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Section  Technical & Economic Cooperation)

 

1st Ever Foreign Ministers Meeting of BIMSTEC

·         Held in - Bangkok, Thailand

·         India was represented by S. Jaishankar.

·         BIMSTEC Meeting Aim  -  Accelerating Regional Growth Through Mutual Cooperation

 

BIMSTEC

·         Established- 6 June, 1997

·         secretariat - Dhaka, Bangladesh

·         Secretary General- Tcnzin Lekphell (Bhutan)

·         Total Members- 7 (India; Bhutan, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar)