The 2nd Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Foreign Ministers’ Retreat will begin tomorrow in New Delhi. The External Affairs Ministry has informed that Minister S. Jaishankar will host his BIMSTEC counterparts at the event. 

It added that the event will provide an opportunity for the grouping’s members to broaden and deepen cooperation across sectors including in the fields of security, connectivity, trade and investment in the Bay of Bengal region and littoral areas.

The first edition of the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat was held in Bangkok, Thailand, in July last year. BIMSTEC is a grouping of seven South and Southeast Asian countries for multifaceted cooperation.