Saarc Meeting
Saarc not moving forward, 1 member spreading cross-border terror: EAM
The SAARC is "not moving forward" and meetings of the regional grouping have not happened in the last few years as one of its members is practising "cross-border terrorism", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. The EAM's remarks on the stalling of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), without naming any country, comes ahead of his scheduled visit to Pakistan mid-October to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Islamabad. The SAARC has not been very effective since 2016 as its biennial summits have not taken place since the last one at Kathmandu in 2014. "At the moment, SAARC is not moving forward. We have not had a meeting of SAARC for a very simple reason, there is one member of SAARC who is practising cross-border terrorism, at least against one more member of SAARC, maybe more," Jaishankar said in response to a query on revival of the grouping at an event here. "If you are all sitting together and ...
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Social distancing with India: Pak stays away from Saarc meets on Covid-19
Earlier this week, Pakistan stayed away from the regional trade officials' video conference on Covid-19 because as per the neighboiring country, it should have been managed by Saarc secretariat
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Terrorist for one nation can't be martyr for another: Rajnath
He said to the SAARC Ministers that sanctions and bans imposed against terrorists by the global community have to be honoured
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Rajnath Singh arrives in Pakistan to participate in SAARC meeting
Singh is expected to raise the issue of most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and cross border terrorism
