Nepal to host next Saarc Summit
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Nepal is going to host the next Saarc (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) Summit as the Himalayan country has proposed that the upcoming 18th Saarc Summit be held in Kathmandu in November this year. A proposal to this effect was made during the Saarc Council of Foreign Ministers meeting held in the Maldives on Thursday. All other member states of Saarc - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka welcomed the proposal made by Nepal, according to a news agency.