Pakistan has always been opposed to India in South Asia. Now they have joined hands with China. In this context, India is moving towards focusing on BIMSTEC instead of the SAARC forum. And this message came out Narendra Modiin the words of. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is a seven-nation coalition. Apart from India, the other members of the group are Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
Foreign ministers of seven countries met in Colombo on Tuesday. BIMSTEC has developed a charter with the aim of enhancing mutual cooperation and enhancing overall understanding. According to the charter, the leaders of the seven countries in the grouping will meet every two years. Apart from Pakistan, the BIMSTEC platform is going to be very important for India to increase mutual cooperation with its neighbors. In this environment, international recognition of BIMSTEC was created with the signing of seven countries in the new charter.
Addressing the BIMSTEC countries, Prime Minister Modi said, “Today we have prepared a Charter. Through this we have gone a step further towards achieving BIMSTEC institutional character. What has happened in Europe in the last few weeks It has raised questions on the current international order. In this context, increasing mutual cooperation of BIMSTEC countries has become more important for this region. Time to dump it and move on. Today our region’s health and economic security It is very important to stand by each other at this time. Now is the time to build bridges of cooperation, prosperity and security in the Bay of Bengal.