Mapping Next Steps for BIMSTEC
By Amb. Indra Mani Pandey The 6th BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok on April 4, 2025, will be a defining moment in the evolution of the seven-nation grouping. Let me outline …
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With SAARC declining, Modi calls for bolstering BIMSTEC
By Sunaina Malhotra With SAARC in a state of terminal decline, India’s Prime Minister Narendra has called for buttressing the seven-nation BIMSTEC and voiced hope that the grouping will continue …
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‘Neighbourhood First’ : BIMSTEC leaders to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in
India has invited several heads of state, including those from the Bay of Bengal community (BIMSTEC) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony “Government …
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BIMSTEC: Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous and Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region
Fourth BIMSTEC Summit Declaration : INSTITUTIONAL REFORM Decide to task the BIMSTEC Secretariat to prepare a preliminary draft of the charter for the organization, building on the 1997 Bangkok Declaration, …
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PM Modi at BIMSTEC 2018: Focus on enhancing regional connectivity
PM Modi said that his participation in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Kathmandu signals India’s highest priority to its neighbourhood and …
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BIMSTEC to hold first joint disaster management exercise
With natural disasters posing a major threat of disruption in South and Southeast Asia, India will host the first annual joint disaster management exercise under BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative …
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Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India: What to expect
India’s relations with Bangladesh will get a major boost with the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Goa. Sheikh Hasina is visiting India to attend a summit of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) on the sidelines of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit to be held in Goa on October 15-16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the dual summits in Goa on October 16.
Sheikh Hasina will be participating in the multilateral forum along with 11 other leaders from BIMSTEC and BRICS countries. Members of BIMSTEC include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Behind India’s BIMSTEC-BRICS gamble: How to isolate Pakistan
Marking the near complete isolation of Pakistan in the region, terrorism is set to dominate the agenda of dual summits of BRICS and BIMSTEC countries India is hosting in Goa October 15-16.
With Pakistan showing no sign of abandoning terrorism as an instrument of state policy, the overarching focus of India will be to get both BRICS and BIMSTEC groupings to back a collective approach to combating the scourge. India will be pressing these groupings to support a non-segmented approach to terror, which is necessary in view of the propensity of some countries to portray terrorists as freedom fighters, as Pakistan has done in the case of militants active in Kashmir.
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Hasina expected to visit India
With regular high-level visits between India and Bangladesh in the past year, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to visit India later this year.
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Re-imagining Regions through BIMSTEC
The idea of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) as a sub-regional grouping comprising nations of South and Southeast Asia was a move to break …
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