India to provide BIMSTEC secretariat $1 million to increase its operational budget

Mar 30, 2022

New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 30 virtually attended 5th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit in Sri Lanka. While addressing the Summit, PM Modi said that India will provide the (BIMSTEC) secretariat 1 million US dollars to increase its operational budget. “India will provide the (BIMSTEC) secretariat 1 million US dollars to increase its operational budget. It is important to strengthen the capacity of (BIMSTEC) secretariat. I suggest the Secretary-General create a roadmap for the same,” he added.