PM to attend BIMSTEC Summit later this year in Thailand

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the next BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand later this year.

The sixth BIMSTEC Summit will be held in November 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand, in which Bangladesh will assume the chairmanship of the regional grouping.

Before the BIMSTEC Summit, foreign ministers’ retreat will be held in Bangkok on July 17 to exchange views on regional issues as well as ways to move the 25-year old organisation forward.

Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen confirmed it after his meeting with Secretary (East) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India Saurabh Kumar.

The foreign secretary said Bangladesh will be the next chair of the BIMSTEC while the next secretary general of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will be from India.

India has an interest in knowing the priorities of the next chair, Masud…