Foreign Minister elected to chair BIMSTEC

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was elected to chair the 17th Session of the Ministerial Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), a statement from the Ministry said .
Presiding over the conference held in Colombo on   April 1, Minister Gunawardena stated that the charter of the Association of Parliamentarians of BIMSTEC Member States should be finalized early. After finalizing the charter, the Parliamentarians are more likely to be committed to the democratic principles and there will be opportunity for them to exchange views and information on the Parliamentary practice, the Minister pointed out.
The member countries of the BIMSTEC, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand were also connected with Sri Lanka virtually during the meeting.