- The First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting concluded with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration in New Delhi. - Focuses on strengthening security cooperation, counter-terrorism, combating transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, and cyber security in the Bay of Bengal region. - Highlights India's strategic vision for regional stability and cooperative security under the BIMSTEC framework. - **Delhi Declaration:** Adopted at the First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, it reinforces regional security cooperation, counter-terrorism efforts, and joint strategies against transnational crimes in the Bay of Bengal region. - **BIMSTEC:** The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is a regional international organization comprising seven member states around the Bay of Bengal, focusing on economic and security cooperation. **Introduction** The First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting concluded in New Delhi with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration, reinforcing regional security cooperation, combating terrorism, and addressing transnational crimes among member states in the Bay of Bengal region. **Core Issue and Detailed Points** - The First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting concluded with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration in New Delhi. - Focuses on strengthening security cooperation, counter-terrorism, combating transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, and cyber security in the Bay of Bengal region. - Highlights India's strategic vision for regional stability and cooperative security under the BIMSTEC framework. **Key Statutory Bodies, Acts & Concepts** - **Delhi Declaration:** Adopted at the First BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, it reinforces regional security cooperation, counter-terrorism efforts, and joint strategies against transnational crimes in the Bay of Bengal region. - **BIMSTEC:** The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is a regional international organization comprising seven member states around the Bay of Bengal, focusing on economic and security cooperation.