‘Big Tu’ prepares to attend the 5th BIMSTEC Leadership Meeting and receive the chairmanship following Sri Lanka
on March 28 Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office revealed that General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense is scheduled to attendBay of Bengal Initiative Leaders Meeting for the 5th edition of The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation: BIMSTEC and related meetings organized by Sri Lanka and Mr. Kothabhaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka Was the speaker during the opening ceremony of the meeting on March 30, 2022 at 9.50 am via the teleconference system at Phakdi Bordin Building. Government House
Mr. Thanakorn said that BIMSTEC is a multidisciplinary academic and economic cooperation framework between seven countries in the Bay of Bengal, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It was established on June 6, 1997. under the initiative and push of Thailand In order to be in line with Thailand’s Look West policy, look east policy of South Asian countries and India’s Act East, Thailand hosted the 1st Leadership Meeting in 2014
5th BIMSTEC Leadership Meeting Sri Lanka as host organized under the theme “BIMSTEC-Towards a Resilient Region, Prosperous Economies, Healthy Peoples” or “Bimstec towards a sub-region that is resilient, prosperous, and healthy people”.
Mr. Thanakorn said that attending this meeting, the Prime Minister, as the representative of Thailand will join the ceremony to accept the BIMSTEC chairmanship for Thailand and watch the video launching the chairmanship, where Thailand will be BIMSTEC Chair for a 2-year term from 2021-2022, following Sri Lanka The issues that Thailand wants to push during the presidency include supporting economic recovery following the Covid-19 epidemic. Preparedness to deal with all kinds of challenges and crises and the ability to recover, etc., and in this meeting The Prime Minister will also give a statement on behalf of the Thai government leaders.
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