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India clarifies Bangladesh's BRICS-venue invite was extended in its capacity as BIMSTEC Chair
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India clarifies Bangladesh's BRICS-venue invite was extended in its capacity as BIMSTEC Chair
India has clarified that Bangladesh's invitation around the BRICS Summit was extended in its capacity as the current Chair of BIMSTEC, not as a BRICS invite.
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India's Ministry of External Affairs has clarified that Bangladesh was not invited to the BRICS Summit itself, but that its head of government was invited to a related engagement in his capacity as the current Chair of BIMSTEC.
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation groups Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand as a regional cooperation forum distinct from BRICS.
The clarification followed queries from Dhaka over the nature of the invitation.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- BIMSTEC
- Bangladesh
- BRICS
- regional cooperation
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Prelims
- BIMSTEC, Bangladesh, BRICS, regional cooperation
Mains
Use as an example in GA answers (GS2 - International Relations: BIMSTEC, regional groupings).
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Bangladesh's head of government was invited around the BRICS Summit venue in his capacity as the current chair of which regional grouping?
- SAARC
- BIMSTEC
- ASEAN
- IORA
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Answer: B — India clarified that the invitation to Bangladesh was extended in its capacity as the current Chair of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), not as an invite to the BRICS Summit itself.
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