Dhaka, April 2 -- Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin on Wednesday urged all the BIMSTEC member states to extend their full cooperation to ensure timely finalisation of six fundamental agreements on trade.

"Realisation of the FTA is paramount for our region's collective economic advancement," he said in the 25th BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, said a foreign ministry press release.

Jashim Uddin is leading a five-member Bangladesh delegation in the SOM, as per a BSS report.

The six pending agreements are- Goods of the Framework Agreement on the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area, Rules of Origin, Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters, Dispute Settlement Procedures and Mechanism, Trade Facilitation, Investment and Trade in Services...