India, March 28 -- A long-term vision for regional cooperation and a maritime transport agreement are set to be among the key outcomes of the Bimstec Summit in Bangkok that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week.

Modi will visit Thailand during April 3-4 to participate in the summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec), a grouping that includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. This will be the first leg of a two-nation trip that will also take him to Sri Lanka.

India has turned increasingly to Bimstec as a platform for regional cooperation after pivoting away from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) o...