KATHMANDU: The House of Representatives (HoR) has officially ratified the Charter of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
In today's session, the lower house of the Federal Parliament passed with a majority the proposa
KATHMANDU, July 17: Minister for Foreign Affairs, NP Saud, and his counterpart from India, S. Jaishankar, held a meeting in Bangkok today. Presently, the Foreign Minister is in Thailand in the course of attending the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' meeting.
According
Prime Minister (PM) Sher Bahadur Deuba addressed the 5th summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation(BIMSTEC) in a virtual meeting today saying that Nepal is committed to moving BIMSTEC process.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is addressing a meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) today. Prime Minister Deuba will address the meeting of the international organization from the Council of Ministers virtually this morning, informed the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. The BIMSTEC summit is beginning from today. […]
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Visiting Secretary-General of the Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Tenzin Lekphell paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
In the meeting held at the official residence of Prime Minister at Baluwatar today, the two discussed on further consolidating of the BIMSTEC process, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lekphell is currently on his four-day introductory visit to Nepal. On the occasion, PM Deuba said that Nepal will have a creative and meaningful participation in the regional forum like BIMSTEC and pledged Nepal's full commitment and constructive support for the BIMSTEC procedures to make further advances.
Deuba also expressed his confidence that BIMSTEC would achieve a milestone in realizing the aspiration of the regional cooperation and to further strengthening the BIMSTEC's achievements. Commending Nepal for its contribution to the BIMSTEC, the Secretary-General said the Fourth BIMSTEC Summit held in Kathmandu was a milestone for the promotion, well-management and institutional development of the areas of mutual cooperation.
He also applauded the Nepal's commitments towards the regional economic bloc. Sri Lanka has proposed to host the BIMSTEC Fifth Summit which is already delayed by two years due to COVID-19 crisis.
However, member nations in the BIMSTEC are yet to endorse the proposal. BIMSTEC is a regional organisation comprising seven members Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal while the first four nations are its founding members. It came into being on June 6, 1997.
KATHMANDU, August 10: The 18th session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting kicked off in the Capital today. The two-day meeting will set the agenda for the 15th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting scheduled for August 11.
