20th SAARC summit

The 20th SAARC summit will be the 20th meeting of the heads of state or heads of government of the eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries after their previous meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan was boycotted by all SAARC members.[1]

20th SAARC summit
Host countryPakistan
DateTBD
CitiesIslamabad
Participants Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Follows19th SAARC summit
Precedes21st SAARC summit
WebsiteSaarc

Pakistan is aggressively seeking support from smaller South Asian nations to host the SAARC summit in Islamabad, however, the majority of members have declined given the allegations made by India and Bangladesh regarding state sponsored terrorism and interference in domestic politics. Though it was a false claim from all the SAARC countries.

References

  1. "SAARC summit to be cancelled". The Hindu. 2016-09-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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