Participating in the “Seeds Without Borders: Regional cooperation for seed sharing” Workshop being held in Thimphu, Bhutan, on 22-23 November 2022, the Secretary General of BIMSTEC Tenzin Lekphell observed that six out of the seven BIMSTEC Member States – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka – are signatories […]
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The Secretary General of BIMSTEC, H.E. Tenzin Lekphell, attended the Third ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in New Delhi on 18-19 November 2022, at the invitation of the Government of India. The Conference was aimed at building on gains of the two previous conferences held […]
Remarks by H.E. Tenzin Lekphell, Secretary General of BIMSTEC at the Natural Allies in development and Interdependence (NADI) Asian Confluence River Conclave 2022 28-29 May, Guwahati, India Rivers of the Bay of Bengal: Connecting the Blue economy, the mountain economy and the plains economy The Honorable Chair, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, […]
Director, Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination of the Asian Development Bank’s South Asian Department, Thiam Hee Ng visited the BIMSTEC Secretariat on 14 March 2022 and discussed a range of issues related to partnering with BIMSTEC to advance and strengthen regional cooperation.
The Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh H.E. Jeremy Bruer visited the BIMSTEC Secretariat this morning to meet the Secretary General of BIMSTEC, H.E. Tenzin Lekphell. Their discussions included a range of issues related to BIMSTEC Cooperation.
The Secretary General of BIMSTEC Tenzin Lekphell paid a courtesy call on the Rt. Hon. President of Nepal, Vidyadevi Bhandariju at Rashtrapti Bhavan, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, on 05 January 2022. Discussions focused on enhancing regional cooperation among the Member States to make the BIMSTEC process more effective. The meeting was also […]
The Secretary General of BIMSTEC Tenzin Lekphell called on the Prime Minister of Nepal, Right Honourable Sher Bahadur Deuba on 05 January 2022 in Kathmandu. Prime Minister Deuba assured the Secretary General of Nepal’s firm commitment to BIMSTEC and expressed his fullest support.
The Secretary General of BIMSTEC, Tenzin Lekphell, who is on an introductory visit to Nepal at present, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Dr. Narayan Khadka, and several other Ministers and Government Officials on 04 January 2022, during which matters such as trade, investment, tourism, and people-to-people […]
The Secretary General of BIMSTEC, Tenzin Lekphell, who is presently on an official visit to Nepal, visited the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu on 03 January 2022 and engaged in discussions with the Secretary General of SAARC, Esala Weerakoon and officials at the Secretariat, on a series of issues including possible […]
The Secretary General of BIMSTEC, H.E. Tenzin Lekphell, visited Sri Lanka on an official introductory visit from 05-10 December 2021. This was the Secretary General’s first official visit to a BIMSTEC Member State since assuming office on 06 November 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic prevented overseas travel previously. During the […]