File photo of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left for home after concluding his two-day visit to Myanmar during which he attended the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
Dr Singh also held many bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. He met Myanmar President U Thein Sein, Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
Warning about the evolving threat of terrorism in the BIMSTEC region, Dr Singh, in his address to the summit, sought stronger cooperation from the seven-nation grouping to effectively counter it, asserting that their security is "indivisible".
The seven members - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal - bring together over 20 per cent of the world population, which is about 1.5 billion, and a GDP of over USD 2.5 trillion.
Dr Singh travelled to Myanmar after a gap of nearly two years, in what could be his last foreign trip as Prime Minister.