Heads of BIMSTEC grouping which includes Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan would be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 30. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven nations of South Asia and South East
Kyrgyz President, currently Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) chair, and Mauritius Prime Minister are also invited for swearing-in ceremony, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
In his 2014 swearing-in-ceremony, Modi had invited Government heads of SAARC which included Pakistan. The then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had attended the oath taking of Modi.
However, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would not be attending Modi’s swearing-in this time too as she would be on a three-nation tour close to May 30 . Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq will represent her at the ceremony.