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First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting 2026

October 16 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 23 0

The first Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Home Ministers’ Meeting concluded in New Delhi with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration 2026.
BIMSTEC has seven members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
The declaration strengthens cooperation against terrorism, terror financing, money laundering, cyber fraud, human trafficking and drug trafficking.
It calls for stronger intelligence-sharing, victim rescue and rehabilitation, and legal cooperation, including extradition.
It supports security training and cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), INTERPOL, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG).