SAARC Secretary-General Golam Sarwar is scheduled for an official visit to India from May 11 to 14. During his visit, Sarwar will engage in several meeting including with Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Secretary (East) Jaideep Mazumdar.
During the visit, Sarwar will also address the 3rd Shakti Sinha Memorial Lecture on ‘The Future of SAARC’ on Monday, as per a media advisory issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Furthermore, he will meet Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
Sarwar is also scheduled to hold a meeting with Jaideep Mazumdar, secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs.
He will visit South Asian University in Delhi’s Maidan Garhi on Tuesday and will depart from Delhi on May 15, according to the MEA.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on December 8, 1985. It comprises eight member states: India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Secretariat of SAARC was set up in Kathmandu on January 17, 1987, according to the official statement.
(ANI)
