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Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Total Members
Seven
* Five are from South Asia –
1)Bangladesh
2)Bhutan
3)India
4)Nepal
5)Sri Lanka
- Two are from Southeast Asia –
6)Myanmar
7)Thailand
Came into being under the declaration :
1997 through the Bangkok Declaration
Initially, it was formed with ____ Member States
Four
Initially, it was formed with four Member States with the acronym :
‘BIST-EC’ (Bangladesh, India, Sri-Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation)
It became renamed ____, following the inclusion of Myanmar.
‘BIMST-EC’ in 1997
Kaladan Multimodal Project –
links India and Myanmar
Asian Trilateral Highway -
connecting India and Thailand through Myanmar
Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement -
for seamless flow of passenger and cargo traffic.
Who is highest policymaking body in BIMSTEC process and is comprised of heads of state/government of member states?
BIMSTEC Summit
In March 2022, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping’s fifth summit took place in :
Colombo, Sri Lanka (Host for the Fifth Summit)
Of the ____ constituent agreements needed for the FTA, only (?) are in place as of now
Seven , Two
Under 2022 Summit of BIMSTEC , Name the charter that was signed
BIMSTEC Charter
* to meet once every two years
* With the Charter, the BIMSTEC now has an international personality. It has an emblem, it has a flag.
India will provide the (BIMSTEC) secretariat ____ to increase its operational budget.
USD 1 million US dollars
____ is a set of five principles to guide the conduct of foreign relations with India’s immediate neighbours , recognises the supreme importance of friendly, cordial relations with neighbours.
‘Gujral doctrine’
Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of India
