BIMSTEC brings South and Southeast Asia closer: Secretary-General

Tenzin Lekphell, Secretary General of BIMSTEC, an organization of South and Southeast Asian nations, believes that in the coming days, BIMSTEC can bring South and Southeast Asian countries closer together.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of BIMSTEC by the Thai Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, he said the organization would continue to expand.

He said that the establishment of BIMSTEC Secretariat in Dhaka in 2014 and the fifth BIMSTEC Conference in Sri Lanka in 2022 is an important milestone for the organization.

BIMSTEC was established on June 6, 1997 in Thailand.