Nepal to host BIMSTEC Summit on August 31

TIL Desk/World/Kathmandu/ Nepal is set to hold a two-day Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit, starting from August 31, in Kathmandu, two officials inside the Nepal Foreign Ministry informed seeking anonymity.

“We have received confirmation from almost all the member nation. India was the first to agree over the date and we have started the preparations for the summit to be held in the Nepali capital,” the official in the Foreign Ministry informed. The dates for BIMSTEC Summit was finalised during the Nepal cabinet meeting early June.

“We have now started the preparations for the summit, One of the members is yet to send confirmation. We expect it to agree over the date soon. As we receive the date we will announce it very soon, if not by the end of this month, formally,” another official inside the same ministry informed with reservation over the name of the country yet to agree on it.

Nepal, the host nation and the current chair of the BIMSTEC, has made preparations to discuss over the trans-border crimes, terrorism, natural calamities, extremism, and illegal trade of arms, ammunition and drugs.