Thailand to host regional BIMSTEC meetings April 2-4, says foreign ministry

(L-R) Myanmar's first lady Daw Cho Cho, Nepal's first lady Radhika Shakya, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Myanmar's president Win Myint, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice as well as Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Wangchuk and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pose for a group photo during the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Kathmandu, Nepal August 31, 2018. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/Pool/ File Photo

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Thailand will host a regional BIMSTEC summit of the leaders of seven mostly South Asian countries in April, its foreign ministry said on Friday.

The summit was due to take place last year but was postponed in August, when Thailand was under a caretaker administration. The group's meetings and summit will take place from April 2-4.

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, includes Thailand, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan and its leaders meet every two years for a summit.

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