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5th BIMSTEC Summit: Organisation’s charter endorsed

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KATHMANDU: The fifth summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has endorsed its charter. The summit kicked off in Sri Lanka today. The member countries virtually signed in the charter for the endorsement. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba also signed in the charter. The summit has approved three new documents. Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka, on the behalf of the Government of Nepal, signed in the 'BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters' and the 'Affiliation Letter on Establishment of Technology Transfer Centre in Colombo', according to the Nepali Embassy in Sri Lanka. Similarly, joint-secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ghanashyam Bhandari signed in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) relating to mutual cooperation among the BIMSTEC-member countries' diplomatic institutions and training academies. The fourth BIMSTEC summit held in Kathmandu three years ago had called for a charter to make BIMSTEC further stronger, restructuring the organisation and laying foundation stone for further strengthening the BIMSTEC secretariat among others.
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