Srilanka, April 2 -- 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," according to a release from the BIMSTEC Secretariat.

The summit, being held three years after the 5th Summit in Colombo (which was conducted virtually 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 address shared security a...