Saarc Summit In Nepal

A day after South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) video conferencing was held to chalk out a strategy to combat the coronavirus crisis, Nepal envoy to India, Nilambar Acharya, said on Monday that the SAARC is alive and expressed hope a summit will happen in future.

Senior officials of the eight member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will meet in Kathmandu this week to attend the Programming Committee.

Nepal, the present chair of the SAARC, said today that the summit of the South Asian regional grouping cannot take place if even one member country notifies its inability to participate in the event.

With the fate of the next SAARC summit hanging in balance, Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda today said the process of the regional grouping over the years has been "too slow" and the implementation of past deals were "very poor" as compared to other international organisations.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled out of the regional SAARC summit in Islamabad in the aftermath of the terror attack in Uri, leading to its boycott by three other nations, Pakistan hinted that the session, due in November, may be postponed. Nepal, which is chairing the summit, said it strongly urged the creation of a "conducive environment" t...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj last night held an over hour-long meeting with the Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli, during which key bilateral issues are understood to have been discussed.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz were today seen engaged in a discussion over a dinner hosted for the ministers of SAARC countries in in Nepal's Pokhara.

Modi's propaganda machine, never far behind Goebbels', swung into action when Modi visited Nepal in August 2014, proclaiming that Modi had visited neighbouring Nepal within weeks of becoming PM whereas Dr. Manmohan Singh had failed in ten years to go to Nepal even once.

India pledged a slew of regional investments at the South Asian summit in Nepal this week, seeking to counter China's growing economic inroads into its backyard.

A handshake between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif marked the end of a two-day SAARC summit in Nepal that was clouded by cold vibes between the two leaders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other SAARC leaders spent several hours on Thursday at an informal retreat just outside Kathmandu, on the sidelines of a summit that appears to have been derailed by Pakistan's refusal to endorse agreements backed by India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other SAARC leaders were on Thursday morning seen at an informal retreat just outside Kathmandu, enjoying an interlude from a summit that appears to have been derailed by Pakistan's refusal to endorse agreements backed by India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with leaders of four South Asian nations on the sidelines of 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu on Wednesday, but the conspicuous absence from the meeting list was Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Whether the SAARC Summit that wraps up today in Kathmandu will prove a mega-flop depends now on Pakistan.

It is a simple vegetarian spread 'with less spices and oil' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif is having halal meat dishes during their stay in Nepal for the SAARC Summit. Hotel Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee,...

A day after South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) video conferencing was held to chalk out a strategy to combat the coronavirus crisis, Nepal envoy to India, Nilambar Acharya, said on Monday that the SAARC is alive and expressed hope a summit will happen in future.

Senior officials of the eight member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will meet in Kathmandu this week to attend the Programming Committee.

Nepal, the present chair of the SAARC, said today that the summit of the South Asian regional grouping cannot take place if even one member country notifies its inability to participate in the event.

With the fate of the next SAARC summit hanging in balance, Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda today said the process of the regional grouping over the years has been "too slow" and the implementation of past deals were "very poor" as compared to other international organisations.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled out of the regional SAARC summit in Islamabad in the aftermath of the terror attack in Uri, leading to its boycott by three other nations, Pakistan hinted that the session, due in November, may be postponed. Nepal, which is chairing the summit, said it strongly urged the creation of a "conducive environment" t...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj last night held an over hour-long meeting with the Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli, during which key bilateral issues are understood to have been discussed.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz were today seen engaged in a discussion over a dinner hosted for the ministers of SAARC countries in in Nepal's Pokhara.

Modi's propaganda machine, never far behind Goebbels', swung into action when Modi visited Nepal in August 2014, proclaiming that Modi had visited neighbouring Nepal within weeks of becoming PM whereas Dr. Manmohan Singh had failed in ten years to go to Nepal even once.

India pledged a slew of regional investments at the South Asian summit in Nepal this week, seeking to counter China's growing economic inroads into its backyard.

A handshake between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif marked the end of a two-day SAARC summit in Nepal that was clouded by cold vibes between the two leaders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other SAARC leaders spent several hours on Thursday at an informal retreat just outside Kathmandu, on the sidelines of a summit that appears to have been derailed by Pakistan's refusal to endorse agreements backed by India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other SAARC leaders were on Thursday morning seen at an informal retreat just outside Kathmandu, enjoying an interlude from a summit that appears to have been derailed by Pakistan's refusal to endorse agreements backed by India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with leaders of four South Asian nations on the sidelines of 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu on Wednesday, but the conspicuous absence from the meeting list was Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Whether the SAARC Summit that wraps up today in Kathmandu will prove a mega-flop depends now on Pakistan.

It is a simple vegetarian spread 'with less spices and oil' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif is having halal meat dishes during their stay in Nepal for the SAARC Summit. Hotel Crowne Plaza Kathmandu-Soaltee,...