EAM S Jaishankar chaired BIMSTEC informal Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar chaired the BIMSTEC informal Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York, in preparation for the upcoming BIMSTEC Leaders’ Summit. Dr Jaishankar in a social media post said that he took stock of India’s close cooperation in health, food security, trade, investment, economy and energy.

He highlighted that the meeting focused on improving physical, maritime and digital connectivity



across the region along with exploring opportunities for capacity building, skill development and improving people-to-people ties. 

Dr Jaishankar noted that the development of BIMSTEC Centres of Excellence is a collective resolve and that the meeting reaffirmed India’s commitment to wider engagement with BIMSTEC in line with Neighbourhood First, Vision SAGAR and Act East Policy.