Recently, the External Affairs Minister of India participated in the 17th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting.
The meeting, chaired by Sri Lanka, was held in virtual mode.
BIMSTEC comprises seven countries.
Five of these seven countries - India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh - are from South Asia.
The remaining two, Thailand and Myanmar, are from Southeast Asia.