INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Indra Mani Pandey has
on 4 January this year.During the visit, the secretary general called on Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka, M.U.M
Ali Sabry, PC., MP., Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, and Ramesh Pathirana, Minister of Health of Sri Lanka, said the BIMSTEC
Prime Minister, Anura Dissanayake; Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Dr Palitha Maheepala; and the Secretary to the Ministry of
Education, Thilaka Jayasundara.During his call on President Wickremesinghe, the Secretary General briefed the President on the state of
progress in BIMSTEC since the 5th Summit that was held in Colombo in March 2022, and the expectations from the 6th Summit that is to be held
the Secretary to the Prime Minister, Anura Dissanayake, was in the context of Sri Lanka being the lead member State in BIMSTEC for Human
of the first meeting of the BIMSTEC Expert Group on Human Resource Development (HRD) that will consider the draft BIMSTEC Plan of Action on
on the BIMSTEC Health agenda, in the context of Sri Lanka being the lead member State for cooperation in health in BIMSTEC, including
on the setting up of the BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Facility in Sri Lanka for which the Memorandum of Association was signed during the 5th
BIMSTEC Summit in Colombo in 2022, as well as convening of the first meeting of its Governing Board.Apart from official meetings, the
researchers, and students, and listen to their views and ideas on regional cooperation.It also provided him an opportunity to brief a wide
