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15th BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting: Kathmandu, Nepal
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- The 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 11 August.
- The 18th session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held after this meeting.
BIMSTEC
- Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is the sub-regional grouping comprising seven countries of South Asia and South East Asia. These are: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
- On 6 June 1997, a new sub-regional grouping was formed in Bangkok and given the name BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Economic Cooperation). Later Myanmar and Nepal joined this group, after which the organisation was renamed as BIMSTEC
- Nepal is the current Chair of the BIMSTEC. Its Secretariat is located in Dhaka.
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