BIMSTEC Summit Declaration Bangkok

Leaders' Summit : Sri Lanka Prime Minister's opening remark of the 5th Ministerial Meeting proposed that time has come for BIMSTEC to have its Leaders' Summit, an idea agreed by other member countries. The first Leaders' Summit was consequently held in Thailand on 31 July 2004. The meeting was the important catalyst to materialize the progress of cooperation which reflects political commitment and support of the top-down process, in order to push forward BIMSTEC at a policy level.

1st BIMSTEC Summit, 31 July 2004, Bangkok, Thailand