South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
SAARC [ South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation [
Economic and geopolitical organization of 8 countries located in south Asia
Established in 1985
The idea of SAARC was proposed bu ziaur Rahaman {president of Bangladesh } in 2 may 1980.
Headquarter : Katmandu Nepal
Official language :- English
Founding member : India . Pakistan , Bangladesh, Bhutan, srilanka
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observers are Australia, China, the European Union, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar, South Korea and the United States
Maldives
1st summit Dhaka
Regional poltical and economic cooperation raised in 1980 first summit was held in Dhaka on 8 dec 1985
When was Saarc summit held in Nepal?
Third summit 3rd Nepal
The third summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2–4 November 1987, and was attended by the Presidents of Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, and the kings of Bhutan and Nepal.[2] The foreign ministers of the member states signed the SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism and an agreement to establish a South Asian Food Reserve
Eleventh summit 11th Nepal
The eleventh summit was held in Kathmandu, on 4–6 January 2002, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.
Eighteenth summit 18th Nepal
The 18th SAARC Summit was held at the Nepalese capital Kathmandu from November 26 to November 27, 2014 and was attended by the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the presidents of the Afghanistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The motto was ‘Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity’. The legal permission on SAARC Satellite Scheme in this summit. The scheme will be developed in all member nations except Bangladesh and Pakistan
SAARC objectives
To promote welfare economics, collective self reliance among the couuntries of south asia and to accelerated socio-culture development in the region
To promote the welfare of the people of south Asia and to improve their quality of life
To cooperates with international and regional organization with similar aims and purposes
To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in the economic cultural technical and scientific fields
To contribute to mutual trust, understanding and appreciation of one another’s problems ems and to maintain peace in the region
South trade {SAFTA }
Signed on April 11 1983 & entered into force 7 December 1995
Promote and sustain trade and economic cooperation within the SAARC region
Agreement reached
On 6th jan 2004 at the 12th saarc summit in Islamabad Pakistan
Seven foreign minister of the region signed a framework agreement SAFTA
SAFTA Agreement came into force on 1 January 2006