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India hosted the first-ever meeting of BIMSTEC Home Ministers in New Delhi. The bloc adopted the Delhi Declaration, aimed at countering radicalisation, terror financing and the misuse of new technologies by terrorist groups.
Context of the News
What Is the Meeting?
- The first ministerial-level gathering of Home Ministers from the seven BIMSTEC member states
- Held in New Delhi, hosted by India
- Its purpose is to give strategic direction to regional security cooperation
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Background
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2018 | The 4th BIMSTEC Summit at Kathmandu proposed Home Ministers’ Meetings, alongside the existing National Security Advisors’ mechanism |
| 2025 | The 6th BIMSTEC Summit at Bangkok welcomed the operationalisation of the Home Ministers’ Meeting mechanism |
| 2026 | India hosted the inaugural meeting in New Delhi |
What Is BIMSTEC?
- Full form: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
- Seven members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Founded in June 1997 as BIST-EC — Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Myanmar joined later that year, making it BIMST-EC
- Nepal and Bhutan joined in 2004, after which it took its present name
- Established by the Bangkok Declaration, 1997
- Secretariat: Dhaka, Bangladesh, set up in 2014
- The BIMSTEC Charter came into force in 2024, giving the grouping a formal legal identity
