"In 2022, Prime Minister Modi had announced a grant of one dollar million for BIMSTEC and it has helped us strengthening the institutional framework of BIMSTEC. So, India, as I said, together with other members, has been trying to strengthen BIMSTEC because it believes regional cooperation t
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a weekly media briefing, "I do not have any update to share at this point in time," while answering the potential meeting between PM Modi and Yunus on the sidelines of the upcoming BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok.
This will be his second visit to Thailand, following his 2019 trip to the ASEAN Summits, where he was accompanied by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal.
Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain met with his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India on the sidelines of Indian Ocean Conference in Oman, Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
India is hosting the first-ever BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Youth Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from February 7 to 11, 2025, an official release by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reported.
The summit commenced on February 7 and will last till February 11, with an aim to foster a constructive exchange of perspectives on strategic issues that empower youth, as per a statement by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization comprising seven member states: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan.
"If we want to maintain cordial relations, then we must talk with each other. We cannot be making policies by crossing each other's signals. We must engage and we must diffuse. Bangladesh and India cannot afford to have hostile relations with each other," he said.