SEAnews 2016-10-09 ArtNo.45883

【New Delhi】Ministry of External Affairs on the 27th of September announced that in wake of the strained relations with Pakistan following the terror attack in Uri, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad in November.
　“India has conveyed to current SAARC Chair Nepal that increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in the region and growing interference in the internal affairs of Member States by one country have created an environment that is not conducive to the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad in November 2016,” External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
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　“In the prevailing circumstances, the Government of India is unable to participate in the proposed Summit in Islamabad,” it said.
○Pakistan isolated? Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan out of Saarc summit

【New Delhi】Following the diplomatic blitzkrieg launched by New Delhi, Pakistan is virtually getting isolated in the region with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan joining India in boycotting the annual Saarc Summit scheduled to be hosted by Islamabad in November.
　"The growing interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by 'one country' has created an environment which is not conducive to the successful hosting of the 19th Saarc (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) Summit in Islamabad," sources quoted Bangladesh as saying in a message to current Saarc chair Nepal on the 27th of September.
　Bhutan said while it is committed to the Saarc process and strengthening of regional cooperation, it is concerned over the "recent escalation of terrorism in the region, which has seriously compromised the environment for the successful holding of the 19th Saarc Summit in Islamabad in November 2016." "Further, the Royal Government of Bhutan shares the concerns of some of the member countries of Saarc on the deterioration of regional peace and security due to terrorism and joins them in conveying our inability to participate in the Saarc Summit, under the current circumstances," the message from Thimpu said on the 27th of September.
　Sources said, Afghanistan, too, has sent a communication to the Saarc chair Nepal. "Due to increased level of violence and fighting as a result of imposed terrorism on Afghanistan, H.E. the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani with his responsibilities as the Commander in Chief will be fully engaged, and will not be able to attend the Summit," the message said.
○Saarc summit in Pakistan postponed after member states pull out

【Karachi】The upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit scheduled to be held in November in Pakistan has been postponed after India refused to participate, DawnNews reported on the 27th of September.
　According to the eight-member body's charter, the conference is postponed should any member state decline to participate. Following India's announcement, Bangladesh said it was also pulling out. Afghanistan and Bhutan - both close India allies - have since followed suit, according to an official with the Nepali government, current chair of SAARC.
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