Member states common to Saarc and Bimstec will benefit from both

There are a number of concrete proposals to enhance cooperation in different areas and to remove institutional shortcomings.

Indian career diplomat Indra Mani Pandey has been serving as the secretary general of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) since October 2023. He was recently in Nepal in order to lay the ground for the next Bimstec summit scheduled in Bangkok, Thailand for April 2025. The Post ’s Anil Giri caught up with Pandey in Kathmandu in order to get his views on the role of Bimstec, its evolution and Nepal’s place in it.