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Kathmandu, Nepal. With the Pakistan expressed its expectation to host the postponed 19th South Asian Association for the Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit soon in Islamabad, new form of sensation has emerged among the member countries regarding the fate of the upcoming summit.
The summit scheduled for November 9-10, 2016 in Islamabad of Pakistan was postponed after Afghanistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh refused to participate in the summit following the India’s line owing to the terror attacks in Kashmir.
India had blamed the Pakistan that the attack was orchestrated by a Pakistan-based militant group, in which India troops were killed.
As some member countries refused to participate in the summit, Nepal had said to postpone the summit in October 2016 stating that the environment was not conducive to hosting the summit in Islamabad.
As India securities had blamed Pakistan for the attack, India government had not only refused to participate in the scheduled summit but also influenced to other member countries to postpone the 19th SAARC meeting. While India wields a significant amount of power in the SAARC, the Pakistan has been accusing the India for derailing the summit’s proceedings.
Pakistan’s foreign affairs officials including foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz and Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry have officially raised the issue and desire to host the 19th summit soon in Islamabad with the SAARC Secretary General Arjun Bahadur Thapa during a recent meeting in Pakistan.
Pakistani officials had not only accused India of impeding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s proceedings bus also impeded the process by violating the spirit of the charter.
