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Sri Lanka to host first BIMSTEC Health Ministers’ Meeting in November 2026
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1 min readFrom 2 outlets- Newswire reports that the two meetings are planned for Colombo on November 10–11, 2026.
- Newswire reports that the Cabinet approved the Minister of Health and Media’s proposal to organize the gathering.
- Newswire reports that Sri Lanka was selected to lead BIMSTEC public health cooperation at its 2025 summit.
Newswire reports that Colombo will host the first meeting of BIMSTEC health ministers on November 10 and 11, 2026, together with a meeting of the group’s senior health officials.
Newswire reports that the Cabinet of Ministers approved the Minister of Health and Media’s plan for organizing the regional gathering.
Newswire reports that the meeting follows decisions taken at BIMSTEC’s sixth summit in Bangkok in April 2025, when Sri Lanka was designated to lead the group’s work on public health cooperation.
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