Dhaka, March 31 -- The 6th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is set to take place on April 4 in Bangkok, Thailand, under the theme "Prosperous, Resilient, and Open BIMSTEC," a release from the BIMSTEC Secretariat stated.

The summit, hosted three years after the 5th Summit held virtually in Colombo IN 2022, will be preceded by a meeting of BIMSTEC Senior Officials on April 2 and a meeting of BIMSTEC Foreign or External Affairs Ministers on April 3.

According to the release, the summit aims to strengthen collaboration among the seven member states--Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand--to tackle shared security and developmental challenges....