NEW DELHI, April 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - India's prime minister flew to Bangkok
Thursday for a regional summit and talks with his Thai counterpart.

Narendra Modi said he would meet with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn
Shinawatra and attend the BIMSTEC grouping of the seven nations on the Bay of
Bengal.

Top representatives of BIMSTEC members -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar,
Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand -- are expected to attend the Bangkok summit.

Modi said he will then head to Sri Lanka for talks with leftist President
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as Colombo grapples with the competing interests of
its powerful northern neighbour and China.

Sri Lanka's presidential office has said Modi will be the first foreign head
of government to visit the island nation under the new administration.

Dissanayake's first foreign visit after his election last year was to New
Delhi.