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Bangladesh home minister Salahuddin Ahmed to skip BIMSTEC meeting in New Delhi

Home ministers of the member states are scheduled to meet on Tuesday.

Bangladesh home minister Salahuddin Ahmed to skip BIMSTEC meeting in New Delhi

Bangladesh's Home Minister, Salahuddin Ahmed, will not attend the inaugural BIMSTEC home ministers' meeting in New Delhi. A senior official delegation is expected to represent Bangladesh amidst deteriorating relations with India. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, is a regional organization including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Its objective is to foster economic and technical collaboration among the nations bordering the Bay of Bengal and the surrounding region. Bangladesh assumed the chairmanship of BIMSTEC in April 2025.

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