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Monday, April 26, 2010 - 5.15 GMT |
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SAARC Foreign Secretaries meet in Thimphu |
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The foreign secretaries of the SAARC member countries met yesterday (25 April) to consider the fine print of draft agreements due to be signed at the 16th SAARC summit scheduled for April 28 and 29.
The agreements relate to cooperation on environment and on trade in services in the SAARC region.
The Secretary of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of External Affairs, Mr. Romesh Jayasinghe participated along with the foreign secretaries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan. They also considered the text of the final summit declaration, Thimphu’s bdnews24.com reported.
The standing committee meeting will suggest amendments to the drafts made by the SAARC programming committee that sat on Saturday.
The Bhutanese foreign secretary is expected to hold a press conference on Monday relating to the outcome of the secretaries' meeting.
On Tuesday, Foreign Ministers of the eight countries will propose further changes to the declarations and the drafts of the agreements-- one on cooperation on environment and the other on trade in services in the SAARC region.
The resolution of the council of ministers will then go to the meeting of the top leaders on April 28 and 29 for final approval and adoption.
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