The agreement will focus on improving naval communication among member statesBIMSTEC, a regional economic cooperation alliance of seven nations around the Bay of Bengal, plans to sign a maritime connectivity agreement. BIMSTEC Secretary General Indra Mani Pandey confirmed that the agreement would be signed at the summit in Thailand in September. The exact details will be disclosed once the agreement is signed, Pandey said while speaking to reporters at the BIMSTEC Secretariat in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Monday. There will be significant outcomes from this summit, setting the future roadmap for BIMSTEC, said the Indian career diplomat Pandey. Geographically, BIMSTEC connects South Asia with Southeast Asia, serving as a bridge for inter-regional cooperation between the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN countries.
