SAARC Secretary-General Golam Sarwar has arrived in New Delhi for an official visit to the country spanning from May 11 to 14.
He is set to meet with the Minister of State for External Affairs, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, in Delhi on Tuesday.
During his stay, Sarwar will deliver an address at the 3rd Shakti Sinha Memorial Lecture on ‘The Future of SAARC’ on Monday, as outlined in a media advisory issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Additionally, he will meet with Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra and take part in a program in Delhi on Tuesday.
Golam Sarwar also has a meeting scheduled with Jaideep Mazumdar, secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He will visit the South Asian University in Delhi’s Maidan Garhi on Tuesday. His departure from Delhi is scheduled for May 15, as per the MEA.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on December 8, 1985, comprising eight-member states: India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on January 17, 1987, according to the official statement.
The objectives of SAARC are to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia and enhance their quality of life; expedite economic growth, social progress, and cultural development in the region; ensure all individuals have the opportunity to live with dignity and realize their full potential; and foster and reinforce collective self-reliance among the South Asian countries, as stated in an official statement by the SAARC Secretariat.
Furthermore, SAARC aims to foster mutual trust, understanding, and appreciation of each other’s challenges; encourage active collaboration and mutual assistance in economic, social, cultural, technical, and scientific domains; bolster cooperation with other developing nations; reinforce cooperation in international forums on common interests; and collaborate with international and regional organizations sharing similar aims and objectives.
