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(L-R) Nepal's foreign affairs minister Narayan Khadka, India's external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, Thailand deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister Don Pramudwinai, Sri Lanka's foreign affairs minister G.L. Peiris, Bangladesh's foreign affairs minister A.K Abdul Momen, Bhutan's foreign affairs minister Tandi Dorji, and Myanmar's foreign affairs minister Wunna Maung Lwin pose for a photograph during the 18th Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ministerial meeting in Colombo on March 29, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)