(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Director General of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ( BIMSTEC) M Shahidul Islam yesterday called on the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for discussions at Temple Trees.
Meanwhile, the Third BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation will commence in Colombo today (19).
The two-day conference with the participation representatives from seven BIMSTEC countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand – will primarily focus on the eradication of poverty within the BIMSTEC region.
