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| | bilaterals.org | BIMSTEC FTA set to kick off on schedule - print |
 | | The free trade agreement will be signed at the trade and economic ministers’ meeting in Dhaka early next year. |
 | | The trade and industry minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba, who led the Bhutanese delegation to the meet, said that as a small and landlocked country, regional groupings like BIMSTEC offered greater opportunities to attract foreign investment, a wider market for Bhutanese products, and an environment for rapid economic growth. |
 | | In addition to the six areas of cooperation originally identified, the meeting also recognised public health, poverty alleviation, cultural cooperation, disaster management, and people-to-people contact as other priority areas where the seven countries could cooperate. |
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