Male: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is heading to the Maldives today for the 17th annual SAARC Summit.
All eyes will be on his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and how they take forward what's often called the "Thimphu thaw" in relations between Delhi and Islamabad that had frozen after the 26/11 attacks.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC was created in 1985 in Dhaka with seven members, as an expression of the region's collective decision to evolve a regional cooperative framework.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has left for the summit during which he is likely to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other member countries including Pakistan's Hina Rabbani Khar.
During his meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Khar, issue of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India is also likely to come up. There has been some sort of flip-flop on the part of Pakistan in explaining the decision.
(With PTI inputs)
All eyes will be on his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and how they take forward what's often called the "Thimphu thaw" in relations between Delhi and Islamabad that had frozen after the 26/11 attacks.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC was created in 1985 in Dhaka with seven members, as an expression of the region's collective decision to evolve a regional cooperative framework.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has left for the summit during which he is likely to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other member countries including Pakistan's Hina Rabbani Khar.
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During his meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Khar, issue of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India is also likely to come up. There has been some sort of flip-flop on the part of Pakistan in explaining the decision.
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(With PTI inputs)
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