SAARC Likely Won’t Be Resuscitated Anytime Soon
Andrew Korybko- Political normalization between India and Pakistan isn’t on the horizon since it would require Pakistan to accept India’s revocation of Article 370.
Political normalization between India and Pakistan isn’t on the horizon since it would require Pakistan to accept India’s revocation of Article 370.
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar reportedly told members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on External Affairs last month that the South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC) “is on pause; we have not pressed a full stop on it. It is on pause because of Pakistan’s approach.” He then added that the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is now India’s primary platform for regional integration.
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