BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Flag Headquarters Dhaka Membership Bangladesh Bhutan India Myanmar Nepal Sri Lanka Thailand Leaders • Chairmanship Nepal (since 2014)Establishment6 June 1997 Website www.bimstec.org The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation ( BIMSTEC ) is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia . These are: Bangladesh , India , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Thailand , Bhutan and Nepal . Background On 6 June 1997, a new sub-regional grouping was formed in Bangkok and given the name BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Economic Cooperation). [1] [2] Myanmar attended the inaugural June Meeting as an observer and joined the organis...