BIMSTEC chief Tenzin Lekphell to embark on India visit from Aug 22-25
Lekphell will hold discussions with senior Indian officials on how to make the BIMSTEC organization and cooperation forward.
Lekphell will hold discussions with senior Indian officials on how to make the BIMSTEC organization and cooperation forward.
The Indian minister called on the BIMSTEC countries to accelerate their efforts to boost intra BIMSTEC trade and economic ties.
"This requires us to accelerate cooperation that has been under discussion for long. Simultaneously we must also work on a more ambitious Trade Facilitation agenda"
Experts and delegates from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand are participating in the three-day exercise being held at Pune.
Consequently, as seen India had consistently topped the Balvtanik School of Government’s Government Response Stringency Index against Covid-19.
Before his Colombo visit, the Prime Minister visited Maldives and deliberations were held to address terror concerns.
''SAARC has certain problems. Even if you were to put terrorism issue aside, there are connectivity and trade issues. We see energy, mindset and possibility in BIMSTEC,'' he said inaugurating a seminar on 'Changing World, Changing India', organised by Ananta Centre.
PM-designate Narendra Modi also visited Sadaiv Atal Samadhi, the memorial of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with BJP president Amit Shah and other party leaders
In inviting leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping for the swearing-in ceremony, the Modi Administration is offering an alternative platform for regional integration in the absence of a stalled SAARC, say experts.
India's internal politics does not permit him to extend an invitation, says Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi