BT Buzz: Why PM Modi's BIMSTEC invite is not mere neighbourhood handshake
As the name suggests, the seven country bloc that includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand is key to India's plans to strengthen its economic and trade footprint in the neighbourhood
- May 30, 2019,
- Updated May 30, 2019 4:16 PM IST
Today Narendra Modi will swear in as the next Prime Minister of India. The leaders of six member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation or BIMSTEC (which includes India) have been invited to witness the swearing-in ceremony in Delhi. The invite is in line with India's "neighbourhood first policy", says, External Affairs ministry, a statement that perhaps reflects little about the importance India attaches to BIMSTEC at the moment.
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Today Narendra Modi will swear in as the next Prime Minister of India. The leaders of six member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation or BIMSTEC (which includes India) have been invited to witness the swearing-in ceremony in Delhi. The invite is in line with India's "neighbourhood first policy", says, External Affairs ministry, a statement that perhaps reflects little about the importance India attaches to BIMSTEC at the moment.
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