BIMSTEC:
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BIMSTEC stands for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
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It is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia.
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7 members :
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Bangladesh
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India
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Myanmar
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Sri Lanka
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Thailand
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Bhutan
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Nepal
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Established in 1997 in Bangkok
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Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand were founding members
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HQ : Dhaka, Bangladesh
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The main objective of BIMSTEC is technological and economic cooperation among south Asian and south east Asian countries along the coast of the bay of Bengal . Commerce, investment, technology, tourism, human resource development, agriculture, fisheries, transport and communication, textiles, leather etc. have been included in it
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BIMSTEC uses the alphabetical order for the Chairmanship
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Bhutan has never been chairman (Skipped itself)
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Current chairmanship : Sri Lanka
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Map (Taken from Wikipedia. Not up to scale. For educational purpose only):
Latest Summit:
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Fourth Summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2018
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Virtual Summit hosted by Sri Lanka in 2022.
Latest Summit:
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Third Summit was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in March 2014.
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Fourth Summit will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2018