Dr Muhammad Yunus will be the next chairman of BIMSTEC

The next chairman of BIMSTEC will be Professor Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh's interim government.

This information was disclosed by the Chief Advisor's special envoy, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, at a press briefing organised at the Foreign Service Academy on Wednesday, according to local media.

The Chief Advisor is going to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on Thursday to attend the sixth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), which is a regional alliance formed by several countries in South and Southeast Asia for technical and economic cooperation in various sectors in the Bay of Bengal region.

The chief advisor, Professor Muhammad Yunus, may hold a meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the conference, the chief advisor's special envoy has stated.

He mentioned that the chief advisor is the next chairman of BIMSTEC. Therefore, discussions regarding the next course of action with the leaders of all countries are necessary.