New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime was held in New Delhi from Monday to Tuesday (September 28-29), with member states discussing traditional and emerging security threats and making recommendations to enhance regional cooperation in countering terrorism and transnational crimes, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

The meeting, hosted by the Government of India, was attended by delegations from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Dr Suhel Ajaz Khan, Additional Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs, chaired the meeting.

According to the MEA, the meeting discussed "traditional and emerging non-traditi...