SAARC Programming Committee meet begins in Pokhara today

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will leave for Nepal on Wednesday to attend SAARC ministerial meet. The meeting is scheduled between March 14 - 17. Before the Ministerial meeting, a session of Programming Committee of SAARC will be held in Pokhara (Nepal). Standing Committee of the SAARC, which is a Foreign Secretaries-level Forum, will be held on 16th of this month. These meetings will prepare the ground for the session of Council of



Ministers. It will be attended by Foreign Ministers of SAARC countries. 

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the meetings are part of regular interactions within the SAARC framework. He said the meetings are expected to give an opportunity for a comprehensive review of decisions taken across all SAARC forums over the past one-and-a-half years, especially India initiated proposals like SAARC Satellite.