BIMSTEC to be held mid-August in Colombo Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Sri Lanka is planning to host the BIMSTEC Heads of Government Summit in mid-August, with dates still to be finalized, Government sources said.
This will be the fifth summit of the grouping after the 2018 session which took place in Kathmandu.
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has seven members - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Formed in 1997, the grouping is more than 20 years old.
While the authorities are hoping to conduct the summit offline, the final decision will be taken considering the coronavirus pandemic. Sri Lanka, as the chair of the grouping this year, is eyeing a physical summit.
Dear Foreign Minister Gunawardena,
We write to urge the Sri Lankan government to immediately withdraw the invitation to Wunna Maung Lwin, the representative of Myanmar’s military junta, to participate in the upcoming virtual meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), due to be held on April 1, 2021. By including Wunna Maung Lwin in the meeting, the Sri Lankan government is lending unwarranted legitimacy to the junta’s State Administration Council (SAC) instead of Myanmar’s democratically elected government, which was deposed in a military coup on February 1, 2021.
As you are aware, in a national election held on November 8, 2020, the people of Myanmar overwhelmingly voted for members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, to govern the country. The NLD secured 83 percent of the seats being contested. While Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, has claimed that the November 2020 ele
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India Reiterates Commitment To Momentum-Building Of BIMSTEC Framework India Reiterates Commitment To Momentum-Building Of BIMSTEC Framework BIMSTEC over the years has emerged as a promising sub-regional grouping with growing strategic and economic interests of the Member States, as well as of the international community in the Bay of Bengal region, S Jaishankar said.
BIMSTEC enjoys the unique strength of connecting South and South-East Asia: S Jaishankar (File)
New Delhi:
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India remains committed to further building the momentum of regional cooperation under the framework of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) and make it a stronger, vibrant and result-oriented grouping.
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