The 5th BIMSTEC Summit is currently being held in Sri Lanka. Its Heads of State Summit is scheduled for today.
The Heads of State Summit will be chaired by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and will be attended by Heads of State from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Thailand via video conferencing. Myanmar’s Foreign Minister will attend the summit on behalf of Myanmar.
The BIMSTEC Charter for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation in the Bay of Bengal is due to be ratified and a number of legal agreements are proposed to be signed.
