BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will host a regional BIMSTEC summit of the leaders of seven mostly South Asian countries in April, its foreign ministry said on Friday. The summit was due to take place last year but was postponed in August, when Thailand was under a caretaker administration. The group’s meetings and summit will take […]
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Thailand to host regional BIMSTEC meetings April 2-4, says foreign ministry
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will host a regional BIMSTEC summit of the leaders of seven mostly South Asian countries in April, its foreign ministry said on Friday.
The summit was due to take place last year but was postponed in August, when Thailand was under a caretaker administration. The group’s meetings and summit will take place from April 2-4.
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, includes Thailand, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan and its leaders meet every two years for a summit.
(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Martin Petty)