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BANGKOK, Aug 2 Asia Pulse - India has announced a range of measures such as a ministerial conference on energy, sharing experience in remote sensing and a tourism Round Table to strengthen cooperation among the Bangladesh-India-Myanmar-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation (BIMST-EC) countries.
Member nations are expected to start negotiations for a free trade agreement in September this year.
At the opening of the first ever BIMST-EC summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed to host a ministerial conference on energy cooperation and set up a BIMST-EC centre on weather and climate in New Delhi, which would help in sharing India's expertise in remote sensing for agriculture, environment and disaster management.
BIMST-EC comprises Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
...Source: HighBeam Research, INDIA TO STRENGTHEN LINKS WITH ASIAN BLOC BIMST-EC.