SAARC

South Asian Association for regional co-operation (SAARC)is an economic and political organisation. It was established in 8 December 1985 ,The saarc secretarial was established in Kathmandu on 16th Jan 1987.

Their are 8 countries in saarc Bangladesh,Bhutan,India, Maldive Napal ,Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.The idea of regional cooperation in South Asian was first mooted in May 1980.the foreign secretaries of 8 countries met for first time in Colombo in April 1981. This was followed by a meeting of the committee of the whole Colombo in August – september 1981, which identified 5 board areas for regional cooperation. The Integration programme of Action (IPA) initially in 5 agreed of cooperation namely Agricultural,Rural,Development,Tele Communication,Meteorology and health activities.

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