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Nepal urges conducive environment for participation of all member states in SAARC Summit

New Delhi/Kathmandu, Sep 28 (UNI) Nepal government has urged for a conducive environment to ensure the participation of all members in the 19th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, after it had received communications from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India informing their decision to not participate in the summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November. Nepal's ministry of foreign affairs released a press release tonight saying that, "as the current chair of SAARC, Nepal strongly urges that a conducive environment be created soon to ensure the participation of all member states in the 19th SAARC summit in line with the spirit of the SAARC charter." The press release also adds that the government of Nepal has received communications from the SAARC Secretariat transmitting the diplomatic notes from four SAARC member states namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India in which they have conveyed their inability to participate in the 19th SAARC Summit scheduled for November 9 and 10, 2016 in Islamabad stating that current regional environment is not conducive to the successful holding of the Summit. In a high-level meeting called by Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda in Kathmandu, it has been decided that an attempt will be made to reach out to other countries to ensure that the SAARC project can be salvaged. "As per SAARC rules the summit will not be held if any member-country refused to attend," Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said. UNI SDR 0049
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