Kathmandu. Home Minister Sudhan Gurung proposed the creation of a BIMSTEC Regional Disaster Preparedness and Response Framework to address the growing disaster risk due

to climate change.

During the first Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) at the Home Ministers’ level meeting held in New Delhi, India, President Bhandari proposed to form a joint taskforce in this regard, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

In the meeting, Home Minister Gurung stressed on the need of safe information sharing, effective coordination and joint response among the BIMSTEC member states to control terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, illegal financial flow and cybercrime.