Page 2 - Saarc

Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan pledge $3.5 mn to SAARC COVID-19 Fund

India first announced to provide $10 million to the fund and subsequently Nepal and Afghanistan promised $1 million each and the Maldives and Bhutan committed $200,000 and 100,000 respectively.

PM Modi thanks Bhutan, Nepal for contributing to Covid-19 emergency fund

Modi took to Twitter to thank leaders of the two countries for their contribution

SAARC video-meeting not political, Pak misused it to raise Kashmir: India

MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for the SAARC nations' video-conference to formulate a joint strategy to combat the coronavirus

Markets reacting to govt's poor handling of coronavirus crisis: Chidambaram

Former FM says markets have taken a dim view of the 'virtually coerced investment by SBI and private sector banks in the equity of failed YES Bank'

Pak raises Kashmir issue at Saarc Covid-19 line; 'churlish', says India

PM proposed the creation of an emergency fund to combat the pandemic and pitched India's initial offer of $10 million

PM Narendra Modi proposes SAARC fund to combat coronavirus outbreak

Modi suggested SAARC member nations should set up an emergency fund to combat COVID-19, and offered $10 million as India's initial contribution

Singhvi slams Pakistan for raising Kashmir at SAARC video-conference

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi slammed Pakistan on Sunday for raising the Kashmir issue during the SAARC nations' video-conference on coronavirus, saying the country deserved to be "quarantined" by the global community. Pakistan used the SAARC nations' video-conference on coronavirus on Sunday to raise the Kashmir issue, with the country's State Minister of Health Zafar Mirza calling for an immediate lifting of the "lockdown" there to allow virus containment measures. "Pakistan can't stoop lower than this. During a humongous humanitarian crisis, it sends a junior minister for SAARC meeting of heads of state. Then raises Kashmir issue in the meeting out of nowhere. Pity," Singhvi said in a tweet. The neighbouring country deserved to be "quarantined" by the global community, he added. Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill tweeted, saying, "Pakistan raising Kashmir issue during 'SAARC fights Corona' meeting reflects their 'petty, poor & pathetic' standard of governance ...

Modi proposes SAARC fund to tackle Coronavirus, stresses on joint efforts

Modi asserted that it was important for the SAARC member countries to work together and said the region can best respond to the coronavirus pandemic by "coming together, not growing apart"

Modi to join SAARC video-meet on joint strategy against Coronavirus

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar confirmed in a tweet that Modi will lead India at the video-conference

PM Modi calls on SAARC leaders to chalk out plan against Coronavirus

South Asia, which is home to a significant number of the global population, should leave no stone unturned to ensure that the people are healthy, he said

Pak likely to skip meeting of SAARC election management bodies in Delhi

To mark the occasion, the EC has organised an international conference on the theme Strengthening Institutional Capacity'

India, Pakistan enmity is obstructing SAARC prosperity: Bangladesh FM

His remarks come following India and Pakistan blaming each other over the lack of cooperation and coordination among the SAARC member states earlier this monTH

Pakistan believes in effective, result-oriented regional cooperation: Imran

Khan said Pakistan was a firm believer in the strength and potential of regional cooperation for individual, national and regional development

Terror elimination precondition for cooperation in South Asia: S Jaishankar

Elimination of terrorism in all its forms is a precondition not only for fruitful cooperation, but also for the very survival of the region itself, Jaishankar said

What is obstructing peace in S Asia? Sushma says terror, Pak blames India

SAARC member-states have previously said they view the strained relations between India and Pakistan as one of the reasons for the little progress achieved by the geopolitical grouping in recent years

SAARC Development Fund plans to tap markets; become regional bank

The two-day conference was organised with a view to rope in top institutions like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Nepal PM speaks to Indian, Pak counterparts to resume stalled SAARC process

The summit was called off after Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan also declined to participate. There has been no progress since then

Economy should be top agenda for Saarc countries, say leaders

The participants raised host of issues, including connectivity between people to people as well as for goods and services and called for a single integrated market force for the region

SAARC is a 'jammed' vehicle: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar

Says as 'one country' is not connected to the other members of SAARC on the key issue of terrorism

SAARC members to meet in Nepal for 19th Summit

The matter relating to rescheduling the next SAARC summit will come up during the meeting