Islamabad Saarc Summit likely to be postponed

New Delhi: 19th SAARC Summit which was going to be held at Pakistan in November, now it is likely that it will be postponed as India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan have decided to pulled out from the Summit.

According to sources in Nepal, “the current Chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, confirmed having received messages from the four countries conveying their inability to attend the summit due in Islamabad on November 9-10.”

Though, the current SAARC Secretary General Arjun Bahadur Thapa, who is currently in New York will announce the final decision.  Previously, Sri Lanka asserted that the SAARC Summit would not be possible without India's participation.

 

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