SAARC Member Countries Pulled Out & Summit Postponed

 The South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

 India and four other member states of the regional grouping decided against attending the meet. India’s decision was followed by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. Sri Lanka pulled out of the SAARC Summit on Friday, becoming the fifth country to do so.

Along with  other members Sri Lanka too  on Friday expressed its unwillingness to attend the upcoming SAARC Summit saying that the prevailing environment in the region was not conducive to holding the summit.

Followed by this development, issuing a statement the Pakistan Foreign Ministry has said that the 19th (SAARC)  summit which was to be held in Pakistan in November has been postponed indefinitely.

The Ministry  said , that they will inform the new dates on which the summit will be held in Islamabad. The statement read that they had informed the incumbent Chair of SAARC, the Prime Minister of Nepal in this regard.