The 5th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit 2020 to be organized in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the month of September 2020. The summit will be preceded by the 17th Ministerial Meeting and 21st Senior Officials Meeting by the end of 2020.
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is working on a project of linking about 3,000 kilometer-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India.
The 9th Defence and Security Expert Working Group (EWG) meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was organized in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting was the part of the ‘Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defense & Security Cooperation Plan 2020’.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 43rd Governing Council meeting was organized in Rome, Italy. The focus will mainly be on the overarching theme “Investing in sustainable food systems to end hunger by 2030″.
The 33rd edition of the African Union (AU) summit was organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was launched with the theme “Silencing the Guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development”.
The fifth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh was launched by State Minister for Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh K M Khalid.
The annual African Union Summit has started in Addis Ababa. This 33rd Ordinary Summit, which commenced on 21st January, will run until the 10th of February.
India is set to organize an East Asia Summit conference in Chennai with a concentration on maritime security cooperation and tackling challenges in the maritime domain.