Placeholder canvas

Summit for better ties between Bay of Bengal countries

Date:

New Delhi: To explore ways to enhance connectivity, transport, trade, tourism among the countries of the Bay of Bengal region, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has left for Myanmar to attend the BIMSTEC Summit. In what could be his last foreign trip as PM, Dr Singh batted for India’s healthy bilateral relations with BIMSTEC countries.

Leaders from seven countries – India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal – will review Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation in Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday.

The leaders will sign pacts on setting up of BIMSTEC Centre on Weather and Climate in India and Cultural Industries Observatory in Bhutan besides establishment of the permanent secretariat in Dhaka for which India has pledged contribution of 32% of annual expenditure incurred there.

The summit will be preceded by ministerial meeting which will be attended by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and at the senior official level by the Foreign Secretary.
 

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari Dies Of Cardiac Arrest

Banda: Gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari passed away at...

IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals Defeat Delhi Capitals By 12 Runs

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals clinched a 12-run win over Delhi...

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Fraud

New Delhi: Sam Bankman-Fried, the renowned founder of cryptocurrency...