A productive 2nd BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat. Thank FM Maris Sangiampongsa, FM Dr. Hasan Mahmud, FM DN Dhungyel, DPM and FM U Than Swe, MoS Tharaka Balasuriya, FS Sewa Lamsal and Secretary General Indramani Pandey for joining. Our conversation covered the whole gamut of BIMSTEC collaboration. Discussed strengthening connectivity, institutional building, cooperation in trade and business, collaboration in health and space, digital public infrastructure, capacity building and societal exchanges, as well as weighing on the merits of new mechanisms. Confident that today’s deliberations will contribute to solid outcomes and practical collaborations at the forthcoming BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand.