But Shah, the former ambassador, has another take. Sri Lanka, the current chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), has proposed to host the fifth summit of the regional grouping in the first half of January 2021, subject to the improved Covid-19 situation. The summit will be preceded by the 17 th Ministerial Meeting and 21 … With the hosting of the Summit, the Chairmanship of BIMSTEC will be handed over to Thailand for the period of 2021-2022. The 5th BIMSTEC Summit that was scheduled to take place in December 2020 has been cancelled. After India’s decision to pull out from the summit, other member states supported India's position and as a result the summit has been postponed indefinitely. It was scheduled to take place in January 2021. •The 5th edition of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit 2020 to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the month of September 2020. Holding a summit even if virtually in 2020 would reflect on the commitment to strengthen the organisation among all seven member states, Xavier said. List of Important Summits A summit meeting (or just summit) is an international meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable media exposure, tight security, and a prearranged agenda. The 5 th BIMSTEC Summit preceded by the 17 th BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting is proposed to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the first half of January 2021 subject to the improved COVID situation. posted on Sep. 06, 2020 at 5:18 pm September 6, 2020 Amidst ongoing border standoff and escalating tensions between India and China, it is confirmed that the 5 th BIMSTEC summit will be held in January 2021. The foreign secretary level meeting also approved the nomination of new secretary general from Bhutan. The 5th BIMSTEC Summit will be held in Sri Lanka. “Bhutan has always been supportive of regional groupings like BIMSTEC as it is an opportunity to improve connectivity and trade and also look towards the Bay of Bengal and South East Asia,” Tenzing Lamsang, editor of The Bhutanese, a Thimphu-based newspaper, who follows regional geo-politics said. The summit will be preceded by the 17th Ministerial Meeting and 21st Senior Officials Meeting by the end of 2020. BIMSTEC is a regional organisation comprising seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity. About BIMSTEC. UNB, Dhaka The 5th BIMSTEC Summit, preceded by the 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial meeting, is proposed to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the first half of January 2021 -- … The Indian delegation at the virtual meeting of the grouping was headed by secretary (east) in the ministry of external affairs Vijay Thakur Singh. ... Sep 01, 2020. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven nations of South Asia and Southeast Asia, housing 1.5 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of $3.5 trillion (2018). Initially, the 5th BIMSTEC Summit was proposed to be held in early September 2020 and got postponed due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Read BIMSTEC-related topics from the links provided below: Sri Lanka already hosted three Working Committee meetings and under the new administration of president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka will host the 5th BIMSTEC summit in September 2020. 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The Sri Lanka delegation indicated its readiness to host the 5th BIMSTEC Summit preceded by the 17th Ministerial meeting, as it has earned the ‘Safe Travels’ stamp from the World Travel & Tourism Council in recognition of the comprehensive health and safety measures the government has put in place. The 5th edition of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit 2020 to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the month of September 2020. “To attract FDI and access export markets, Nepal can benefit from BIMSTEC to connect with Myanmar, Thailand and other ASEAN economies,”. More than two dozen BIMSTEC meetings between the seven member nations Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand planned for 2020 could not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sri Lanka delegation indicated its readiness to host the 5th BIMSTEC Summit preceded by the 17th Ministerial meeting, as it has earned the ‘Safe Travels’ stamp from the World Travel & Tourism Council in recognition of the comprehensive health … Amid Saarc’s apparent failure, regional grouping Bimstec is getting a big boost. It is yet to agree on setting up various mechanisms while its secretariat has already been set up in Bangladesh. Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Myanmar are the member states of BIMSTEC that is often touted as a parallel of another regional organization–South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation or SAARC. Sri Lanka is the Chair of BIMSTEC and is expected to host the 5th Summit in the latter part of 2020. Pakistan was scheduled to host the 19th summit in November 2016 but, after an attack on Indian Army base in Jammu and Kashmir, India decided to withdraw from the summit accusing a cross-border terrorist outfit of carrying out the attack. Officials said that besides finalizing the charter, the meeting of senior officials also recommended signing of the Convention on Cooperation on Criminal and Legal Matters among the member states during the Summit. Fourth International Diabetes Summit 2020 inaugurated at JW Marriot Hotel Pune. The two-day fourth meeting of the BIMSTEC permanent working committee for the spade work for the 21st senior official meeting on Wednesday began on Monday. The BIMSTEC meeting led by foreign secretaries of the seven member member nations on Wednesday could finalise the form and dates for the virtual summit. 5th Global Technology Summit 2020 The meeting, which took place at the foreign secretary level of all seven member states, also finalised the much-awaited BIMSTEC charter, reviewed the progress made in the last two years after Kathmandu Summit and discussed issues of legal instruments of the regional grouping and how to move on to establish the regional centrse and mechanisms, according to Bairagi.