Pakistan blocking Saarc progress, says India

Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Friday called for the revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, during his address at the United Nations General Assembly.

Established in 1985, SAARC is an intergovernmental organisation of eight South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan.

However, the grouping has been inactive for almost a decade because of tensions between India and Pakistan. Its last biennial summit was in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2014.