The first Meeting of the Governing Board of the BIMSTEC Energy Centre was held in Bengaluru, India, on 27 February 2023 with the participation of Governing Board Members representing all BIMSTEC Member States. In keeping with the provisions of the Memorandum of Association on the establishment of the Energy Centre, […]
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The Nineteenth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, H.E. Don Pramudwinai, was convened virtually from Bangkok, Thailand, on 09 March 2023. This was the first meeting of the ministers of […]
The 23rd Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting was convened virtually from Bangkok on 08 March 2023. As Thailand holds the current chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), the Meeting comprising Foreign Secretaries, Secretaries, and Senior Officials of Member States was […]
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 05 March 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. H.E. Tenzin Lekphell, Secretary General of BIMSTEC and Dr. Johan Swinnen, Director General of IFPRI and […]
The team comprising Ms. Medhini Wanigaratne and Ms. Sayurangi Premasiri representing Sri Lanka emerged victorious in the BIMSTEC Silver Jubilee Quiz held in Thimphu on 15 February 2023. The team representing Nepal comprising Ms. Aayusha Bohara and Mr. Sushank Paudel became the first runner-up, while the team representing India comprising […]
The 6th Meeting of the BIMSTEC Permanent Working Committee (BPWC) was held in Bangkok on 01-02 February 2023. Following the signature and adoption of the BIMSTEC Charter last year, at this meeting, the representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Member States finalised the Rules of Procedure for […]
A Regional Seminar on Food Security and Sustainable Food Systems in BIMSTEC was held virtually on 25 January 2023 with the participation of representatives from all BIMSTEC Member States. The seminar emphasized the importance of food system transformation and building resilience to vulnerabilities in the post-covid 19 times. Delegations from […]
A special meeting of the BIMSTEC Permanent Working Committee (BPWC) was held virtually on 23 January 2023 with the participation of all BIMSTEC Member States. The participating officials representing the respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs of BIMSTEC Member States discussed and made progress towards finalising the BIMSTEC Rules of Procedure for […]
The Tenth Meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC) was held in New Delhi, India on 12-13 January 2023, with the participation of delegates from all Member States. The Meeting discussed traditional and emerging non-traditional security threats in the region and made recommendations on […]
The Special Meeting of the BIMSTEC Permanent Working Committee was held in person in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 21-22 December with the participation of all the Member States. The Meeting deliberated extensively on the draft Rules of Procedures for the core BIMSTEC Mechanisms towards finalizing it. The Meeting also finalized the […]