国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

World / Asia-Pacific

18th SAARC summit starts in Nepal with focus on integration

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-11-26 15:37

KATHMANDU - The 18th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit kicked off in Kathmandu?Wednesday with focus on regional security, trade and integration issues.

SAARC faces significant challenges as it is one of the world's least integrated regions despite many promises made.

"Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity" is the summit's theme.

Since the early 1990s, several attempts have been initiated to boost South Asia's economic integration through a number of trade agreements at bilateral, sub-regional, and multilateral levels.

At the two-day meeting, Nepal will emphasize the importance of implementing past agreements that haven't been realized, Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said at the opening ceremony.

"Welcome to Nepal. We meet here at a time when the international environment is changing rapidly and becoming interdependent. This region has the potential to gain global prominence," he said.

Preparations are underway to sign three SAARC agreements that aim to enhance integration in key areas. Foreign ministers from each member state are expected to sign the SAARC Railway Agreement, Motor Vehicle Agreement and Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation.

A 31-point draft declaration that touches on a wide range of issues including counterterrorism, the promotion of trade and investment, infrastructure development, youth employment, reduction of telecom tariffs, regional connectivity, social security for elderly people, literacy, and SAARC's transformation into the South Asian Economic Union by 2030 is to be released at the end of the summit.

On the second day of the Summit, the SAARC leaders will be taken to Dhulikhel for a retreat. The leaders will have an opportunity to hold informal talks for over two hours before they are flown back to Kathmandu after lunch.

The SAARC leaders will then attend the closing ceremony and witness the signing of three different SAARC-level agreements related to enhancing connectivity within the region.

Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav is scheduled to host a dinner at Shital Niwas later in the evening in honor of the visiting heads of state and government.

Besides the SAARC dignitaries, representatives from nine various Observers of SAARC including China and the United States have arrived in Kathmandu.

Established in 1985 in Bangladesh, the SAARC is a regional association of eight South Asian countries, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined SAARC as its eighth member in 2007.

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
开平市| 杂多县| 新昌县| 泰宁县| 磐安县| 晋城| 永济市| 华亭县| 宣威市| 洛宁县| 朝阳市| 班玛县| 雷州市| 太仆寺旗| 尚义县| 永川市| 长寿区| 新民市| 镇康县| 鸡东县| 东乡族自治县| 新绛县| 沙坪坝区| 本溪市| 北海市| 满城县| 三门峡市| 阿图什市| 沈丘县| 镇康县| 镶黄旗| 长垣县| 青海省| 嘉定区| 湖北省| 高台县| 丹东市| 咸宁市| 曲松县| 辛集市| 铁岭市|