BIMSTEC is an international organization of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It originated as BIST-EC in Bangkok on June 6, 1997, and took its current name and form at its first summit on July 31, 2004. Its members together represent about 1.77 billion people and a combined GDP of 5.2 trillion dollars as of 2023, and the organization promotes technical and economic cooperation across 14 priority sectors including trade, energy, agriculture, disaster management and counter terrorism. Its permanent secretariat operates from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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1. Wikipedia: BIMSTEC
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On 6 June 1997, a new sub-regional grouping was formed in Bangkok
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1997 06 06
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
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The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organization of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of US$5.2 trillion (2023).
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