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Sri Lanka has proposed holding the BIMSTEC summit in early December 2021. Which of the following countries are members of BIMSTEC?

Sri Lanka has proposed holding the BIMSTEC summit in early December 2021. Which of the following countries are members of BIMSTEC? Correct Answer Both 1 and 2

The correct answer is Nepal and Myanmar.

  • Sri Lanka has proposed holding the BIMSTEC summit in early December 2021.
  • This will be the fifth such summit of the grouping.
  • Sri Lanka is the chair of the grouping and had earlier proposed holding the summit in Aug 2021.
  • BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) has 7 members -India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.
  • BIMSTEC is an international organisation of seven nations of South Asia and Southeast Asia, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of $3.8 trillion.
  • It was founded in 1997.

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