After Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided that he will not attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad which is going to be take place in November, this year’s SAARC summit has almost been called off.
According to the sources, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan have joined India and have boycotted the SAARC summit taking place in Islamabad, Pakistan this year.
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According to the reports, the decision has been taken after the Pakistan High Commissioner in India Abdul Basit told the Indian government that his government believes that the recent Uri Attack has been staged by the Indian government to divert the attention and has demanded international probe into it.
Regional cooperation and terror don't go together. India pulls out of SAARC Summit in Islamabad pic.twitter.com/jabKoaBegJ
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While communicating its decision to the chairman of SAARC in Nepal, India speaking about Afghanistan and Bangladesh said, “We also understand that some other SAARC nations have also conveyed their reservation about attending the Islamabad summit in November 2016.”
In recent days PM Modi has explored various options to threaten Pakistan diplomatically after the unfortunate Uri Attack. PM Modi, on Monday, chaired a meeting to discuss Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan and now PM Modi will also chair a meeting to discuss India Most Favored Nation (MFN) tag to Pakistan.
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