Connectivity of Minds Crucial for Connecting South Asia and SE Asia: Sumith Nakandala

Offering the perspective of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia, Ambassador Sumith Nakandala, Secretary General, BIMSTEC, in a Special Address today said that apart from hard connectivity through roads and railways, there is also a need to foster ‘connectivity of minds’ in the region.
 
Ambassador Sumith Nakandala was delivering a Special Address on ‘Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia: The BIMSTEC Perspective’, on the concluding day of the 10th South Asia Conference on ‘Strengthening Connectivity in South Asia’, organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on March 28-29, 2017.

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