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Article: Sri Lankan PM calls for regional free trade

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December 21, 2002
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Sri Lankan PM calls for regional free trade

COLOMBO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday called for the establishment of a free trade area among a grouping of five countries in Asia to strengthen their economic cooperation.

Speaking at a ministerial meeting of BIMST-EC or Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand economic cooperation, Wickremesinghe said that the most important way of cooperation in the grouping will be the establishment of a free trade area.

"The challenge facing BIMST-EC is to bear the odds and create a free trade area that actually delivers free trade and leads to a stronger ...

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