Thursday, November 6, 2014

EVENT OF THE MONTH: NOVEMBER 2014

Date: 22 - 27, November
Venue: Nepal

Nepal will be hosting the 18th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit. The summit will be inaugurated November 26. Three separate agreements among member states will be signed during the summit: the SAARC Railway Agreement, SAARC Motor Vehicle Agreement and SAARC Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation. 

SAARC has eight members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Nepal has formed a high-level preparatory committee and several other panels to make the event a success. This is the third time Nepal will host the SAARC Summit after 1997 and 2002.


Website: http://www.saarc-sec.org

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