ECONOMYNEXT – The Secretary Common of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Complex and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), talked about steps to improve regional cooperation, through his stop by to the island very last 7 days.
Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey, Secretary Basic of BIMSTEC frequented Sri Lanka from 07 – 12 April 2024, pursuing his assumption of business as Secretary Normal of BIMSTEC in January this year.
The Secretary Basic “fulfilled with senior officers of related Ministries/Businesses to discuss actions to increase regional cooperation less than a variety of BIMSTEC initiatives,” the Overseas Ministry stated in a assertion.
Several BIMSTEC countries have bilateral trade agreements, these kinds of as Sri Lanka and India, Thailand and Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand, but no collective regional agreement to help intra-regional leverage.
Through the stop by, Secretary Common Pandey held conversations with Ministry of Overseas Affairs officials and paid out courtesy phone calls on the President and the Minister of International Affairs.
Secretary General Pandey participated at an event on “Regional Cooperation via BIMSTEC” structured by the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute (LKI) on 9 April. (Colombo/April15/2024)