Hon’ble Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain participated in the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting held today Thursday (3 April, 2025) in Bangkok, Thailand, with the participation of the Foreign Ministers from the BIMSTEC Member States.
Earlier in the morning, BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers signed the Agreement on BIMSTEC Maritime Transport Cooperation marking a significant step towards enhancing regional connectivity.
Hon’ble Foreign Affairs Adviser, in his statement, highlighted Bangladesh’s commitment to ensuring collective peace, progress and prosperity through a shared BIMSTEC vision. He stressed on the tangible, and result-oriented cooperation including through effective implementation of the BIMSTEC FTA enhancing intra-regional trade. Hon’ble Foreign Affairs Adviser raised the issue of 1.2 million Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh and stressed on creating conducive atmosphere in Myanmar for the return of 1.2 million Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals to their land with rights and security.
BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers finalized the draft Provisional Agenda for the Sixth BIMSTEC Summit and the draft of the Summit Declaration, which will be considered at the upcoming Summit scheduled to be held on 04 April 2024.
The BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers agreed to hold the 21st BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting in Dhaka. The meeting concluded with the adoption of the report of the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting.
