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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 11.03 GMT     Back
SAARC Summit shifts from Kandy to Colombo
The 15th SAARC Summit and its preceding meetings will be held at BMICH in Colombo from 27th July to 3rd August 2008, a Foreign Ministry statement said today (March 11).

The shifting of the venue from Kandy to Colombo has been done due to inadequate infrastructure facilities to accommodate the seven Heads of state, their respective delegations and the large international and regional media contingent.

Kandy is being retained as the venue for events associated with the Summit such as the SAARC Cultural Festival, SAARC Youth Forum, SAARC Folklore Congress, activities in the field of trade and investment etc, which will be held for a period of eight days parallel to the Summit meeting.







 


 
  
 
     
 
   
   

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