PM arrives for BIMSTEC Summit

Sun, 16 October 2016

17:04

Leaders of BIMSTEC nations pose for a group photo in Salcet, Goa as the meet is about to begin.

At the arrival ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Srilankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

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