Minister of Energy LUN Thi of Burma

Thi was in New Delhi for the first meeting of the energy ministers from the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) regional economic grouping, which has seven members.

o chumnkay aik baar chut chuki thi aur ab hot thi is liay os ki pphudi chikni thi.

General Lun Thi had visited New Delhi earlier this year and held bilateral discussions with the Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Lun Thi said Myanmar's existing gas reserve near Bangladesh had already been sold out to Thailand and China.

Tamim said Lun Thi had assured him that Yangon would not conduct gas exploratory work in the disputed maritime boundary area until the issue was settled.

Myanmar Energy Minister Lun Thi is in New Delhi to explore an alternative route in case Bangladesh does not join the $1bn project.

member of BIMSTEC from its inception in 1997.

and they discussed energy cooperation matters.

All efforts are being made towards the relief of the victims and for the country to soon return to normal," Lun Thi said at the camp, where 100 new blue tents were neatly lined up in rows, inhabited mostly by women and small children.