India and six other members of a grouping of South Asia and South East Asia today agreed to firm up by November a convention to deal collectively with terrorism which is haunting these two regions.
Under the proposed convention, the member-countries of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) would cooperate in intelligence sharing, legal and law enforcement issues, combating financing of terrorism and prevention of illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals.
"We expressed the hope that the draft BIMSTEC Convention be finalised as soon as possible for signing during the next BIMSTEC Summit," said the grouping which comprises India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand in a joint statement issued after Foreign Ministerial meeting here.
The next Summit is expected to be held here in November this year.
In the field of trade and investment, the grouping resolved to conclude the negotiations on trade in goods under the proposed FTA at an early date, preferably before the next BIMSTEC Summit.
The Ministerial meeting also approved memoranda of association for setting centres for energy, weather and climate in India, tourism working group and BIMSTEC joint working group. PTI
Source: The Press Trust of India
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