{"id":13192,"date":"2026-07-18T11:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13192"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:13:15","slug":"about-bimstec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-bimstec\/","title":{"rendered":"BIMSTEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>BIMSTEC Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, BIMSTEC security chiefs vowed joint action against terrorism and endorsed maritime law enforcement principles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About BIMSTEC<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (BIMSTEC) is a grouping of seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bay-of-bengal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay of Bengal<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization came into existence <\/span><b>on 6 June 1997 through the &#8216;Bangkok Declaration&#8217;.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Members:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a unique link connecting South Asia with South-East Asia &#8211; five Members from South Asia (<\/span><b>Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and two from South-East Asia <\/span><b>(Myanmar and Thailand).<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Historical Background<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was formed as <\/span><b>BIST-EC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation) in 1997.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was renamed to <\/span><b>BIMST-EC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the addition of <\/span><b>Myanmar in 1998.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was fully <\/span><b>transformed into BIMSTEC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) in <\/span><b>2004.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BIMSTEC objectives are to <\/span><b>strengthen technical and economic cooperation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among its seven member nations situated around the Bay of Bengal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>BIMSTEC Working Mechanism:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It organizes <\/span><b>intergovernmental interactions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through <\/span><b>Summits (held once in 2 years), Ministerial Meetings (Convened annually)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Senior Officials Meetings (held twice a year)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BIMSTEC has <\/span><b>identified 14 priority<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> areas of cooperation where a member country takes the lead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is the lead country for <\/span><b>Transport &amp; Communication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Tourism, Environment &amp; Disaster<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Management, and Counter Terrorism &amp; Transnational Crime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Secretariat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/india-calls-for-stronger-bimstec-cooperation-on-security-and-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIMSTEC came into existence on 6 June 1997 through the &#8216;Bangkok Declaration&#8217;. 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