11:14 am: PM pushes for a South Asian University, immediate medical visas for patients from SAARC countries
11:12 am: As we remember the horror of the terror attack in
Mumbai in 2008, we feel the endless pain of lost lives. Let us work
together to fulfil the pledge we have taken to combat terrorism and
trans-national crimes: PM
11:10 am: India's gift of a satellite for the SAARC region will benefit us: PM
11:09 am: IT has removed barriers to education.We are prepared to
connect our South Asian students through online course &
E-libraries: PM
11:07 am: We should use strength of shared heritage and our
diversity to encourage tourism within our region and present South Asia
to the world:PM
11:05 am: India will now give business visa for 3-5 years for SAARC Countries: PM
11:04 am: Let's all make our procedures simple, our facilities better, our standards common and our paper work less burdensome: PM
11:03 am: Why do goods from India to Pakistan go through other
countries,take so long? Think of what we are doing to consumers and
environment, PM Modi says.
11:02 am: As SAARC we have failed to move with the speed that our people expect and want: PM
11:02 am: India and Nepal have started a new era of cooperation
in energy and, India and Bhutan are making those ties stronger by the
day: PM
11:00 am: South Asia is slowly coming together: PM
10:56 am: Nowhere in the world are collective efforts more urgent than in South Asia; and, nowhere else is it so modest: PM
10:55 am: Cynicism and skepticism out of place in a region throbbing with optimism, says PM Modi
10.52 am: Last Summit was 3 years ago. Only 2 of us here were
present. PM Hasina has come after her re-election, Mr. Rajapaksa will go
into one: PM
10.51 am: The future I dream for India is the future I wish for our entire region: Modi
10.50 am: PM Modi commences speech at the SAARC summit
10.45 am: Bhutan knows it has sacrificed growth for sustainable
development, but we will continue to do what is right for us, says
Tshering Togbay, Bhutan TM
10.21 am: Sheikh Hasina SAARC:Agricultural growth has helped
eradicate abject hunger and poverty.Bangladesh target being middle
income country by 2021
10.17 am: Stern comments made by President Rajapaksa against what he calls "external threats" to member states over human rights concerns
10.15 am: Human rights is a moral issue, but used as a political
tool. Interventions are planned in the guise of HR concerns, says Mr.
Rajapaksa
Diplomats were scrambling till late on Tuesday night, ahead of the
plenary session of SAARC leaders, as serious differences emerged over
the agreements to be adopted at the conclusion of the summit. Read
10.10 am: Rajapaksa at SAARC:Must pass agreement on energy
cooperation,focus on health and sanitation. Compliments Modi on SAARC
satellite idea
10 am: Nawaz Sharif at SAARC : Need a dispute free Asia. Instead of fighting each other, we should fight disease, poverty, illiteracy
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (centre) waves as he arrives at the Tribhuwan Airport to attend the SAARC summit. Photo: AP
With all eyes on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s take on the
future of South Asia, the 18th SAARC Summit commenced on Wednesday
morning.
Narendra Modi, waves to the media as he is received by Nepalese Home
Minister Bam Dev Gautam upon arrival at the Tribhuwan Airport. Photo: AP
Apart from host Nepal, all seven heads of state and government are in
Kathmandu to attend the summit. As chair of SAARC, Maldivian President
Abdulla Yameen Abdul opened the summit and handed over the
responsibility of the chair of the regional bloc to Nepal’s Prime
Minister Sushil Koirala.
This is the third time Nepal is organising the summit - first in 1987 and then again in 2002.
Ahead of the summit, three meetings at foreign ministers’, foreign
secretaries’ and joint secretaries’ levels decided to scrap three SAARC
regional centres and merge four others into one
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/live-saarc-summit-2014/article6635706.ece
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