Kathmandu, April 4 -- The sixth Bimstec summit will open on Friday as foreign ministers of all seven member states have readied the summit declaration and other instruments to be signed in Bangkok.

On the eve of the summit, Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra hosted a dinner on Thursday for all heads of state and government and members of the delegations attending the summit.

On Thursday, according to the Bimstec secretariat, foreign ministers of Bimstec foreign ministers signed the Bimstec Agreement on Maritime Transport Cooperation Agreement. Two other memorandums of understanding between Bimstec and India Ocean Rim Association were also signed.

As per the itinerary, the summit will officially start on Friday, beginning...