Saarc done, all eyes now on BIMSTEC event

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NEW DELHI: The Saarc summit was formally postponed after Nepal, the current chair, notified it on Sunday.

In a strongly-worded statement, the Nepalese foreign ministry said the regional environment was not conducive to enable a Saarc summit at this point and it would be postponed.

"To achieve peace and stability in the region, Saarc member states must, among others, ensure that their respective territories are not used by terrorists for cross-border terrorism," Nepal said. The statement added: "Nepal has always condemned all acts of terror in our own region.

Most recently, Nepal has condemned the attack on the Indian Army base in Uri, Kashmir on September 18, 2016, that resulted in the loss of life of Indian soldiers." The Nepalese statement, the last among the neighbours to issue one, formally puts the lid on the Saarc process for the present.

Soon, leaders from most Saarc countries will be in India for the BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit. The Centre is reportedly considering inviting the leaders of Maldives and Afghanistan (who are not BIMSTEC members) to the summit, and thereby hold a Saarc-minus-one meeting in India. It would be a signal to Pakistan that the neighbourhood is prepared to shame it for supporting terror, and it is not just an Indian whim.

This is not the first Saarc summit to be postponed. In 2005, Manmohan Singh refused to travel to Dhaka for the summit in February after Awami League leaders were killed. The summit was postponed to November of that year.

It should be remembered that Saarc was created as a neighbourhood platform to keep Indian power in check, and Pakistan used to hold much greater equity than India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...now-on-BIMSTEC-event/articleshow/54647213.cms

 

[vermaac]

Pakistan is a country with a death wish. Other countries in the region are just normal states grappling with human issues. Good that Pakistan is being kicked out of the grouping just as a murderous thug has no place among a group of normal people.

 

[wiseone2]

In the short run it is okay to kick them out
In the long run Pakistan needs to find a grouping

 

[T-Rex]

In the short run it is okay to kick them out
In the long run Pakistan needs to find a grouping

India has BIMSTEC or whatever it is while Pakistan has CPEC. It's a foregone conclusion as to which has a brighter future.

 

[TopCat]

India has BIMSTEC or whatever it is while Pakistan has CPEC. It's a foregone conclusion as to which has a brighter future.

CPEC has a long term investment pledge of 46 billion from China. This month BD going to sign 25 billion dollar direct project commitment from China on top of Business investment thats in the pipeline. India probably secured 100 billion from China.

 

[Counterpunch]

I don't know when the world would realize that these paper puppet forums mean nothing if one chooses to ignore.
What to say of hyped up significance of SAARC if the UN itself is being pissed upon by India and Israel through ignoring the resolutions in lieu of Kashmir and Palestine respectively

However, it is in regions and worlds interest to keep everyone involved. Isolation and alienation of anyone will only create further void and an atmosphere of confusion where uncertainties will make every one dance to its tunes. This air of fear is what India is trying to create for the bullied little neighbors and gathering them around itself to show how evil Pakistan is
What days! India had to rally the likes of Bhutan and Srilanka and Bangladesh to make the world believe about what it is trumpeting for decades. But guess what, you cannot preach what you do not practice.

This at best shows the bullying intent of India rather than showing Pakistan as any evil.

 

[RPK]

In the short run it is okay to kick them out
In the long run Pakistan needs to find a grouping

Do you remember Pakistan is member of SCO & OIC, Also China is heavily investing in CPEC with whupping 150 billions. It is more then enough for them.

SAARC will do nothing for Pakistan unless India did something

 

[Articulate]

I don't know when the world would realize that these paper puppet forums mean nothing if one chooses to ignore.
What to say of hyped up significance of SAARC if the UN itself is being pissed upon by India and Israel through ignoring the resolutions in lieu of Kashmir and Palestine respectively

However, it is in regions and worlds interest to keep everyone involved. Isolation and alienation of anyone will only create further void and an atmosphere of confusion where uncertainties will make every one dance to its tunes. This air of fear is what India is trying to create for the bullied little neighbors and gathering them around itself to show how evil Pakistan is
What days! India had to rally the likes of Bhutan and Srilanka and Bangladesh to make the world believe about what it is trumpeting for decades. But guess what, you cannot preach what you do not practice.

This at best shows the bullying intent of India rather than showing Pakistan as any evil.

You are free to close your eyes but the fact is that 5 out of 8 South Asian countries outright refused to go to Pakistan. The event was therefore cancelled.

We are moving towards BIMSTEC and creating it as the replacement of SAARC without Pakistan and even including more important countries like Myanmar and Thailand. We will move forward on our agenda of seamless trade in South Asia (first) and East Asia thereafter.

 

[Counterpunch]

You are free to close your eyes but the fact is that 5 out of 8 South Asian countries outright refused to go to Pakistan. The event was therefore cancelled.

We are moving towards BIMSTEC and creating it as the replacement of SAARC without Pakistan and even including more important countries like Myanmar and Thailand. We will move forward on our agenda of seamless trade in South Asia (first) and East Asia thereafter.

If only wishes could come true! However, my point was, by showing the lobbying power India is only proving itself to be the bully in the region. You just cannot ignore any state in the region, let alone Pakistan!

"Pakistan doesn't care". This has been the pattern for long. What to talk of India, even US tried its luck. They blocked the F-16's now. They put us under economic and military sanctions back then. Issued a new map of the world 2010 without PAKISTAN!! what happened? Then all kind of agencies wrecked havoc inside our borders. Mate, we are not Syria or Iraq or Afghanistan. Take a chill pill and don't just start disbursing bonuses to the lobbying diplomats yet

 

[Articulate]

If only wishes could come true! However, my point was, by showing the lobbying power India is only proving itself to be the bully in the region. You just cannot ignore any state in the region, let alone Pakistan!

What world are you living in?
All the countries did it regardless of lobbying or not. No country would do it if they thought it was not right. That goes to show that all of South Asian countries are against Pakistan and its sponsoring of jihadis.

And now we will all move to kill SAARC because Pakistan is in it and it is stopping South Asia from progressing. It is Pakistan that holds all of South Asia back.

 

[Gibbs]

What days! India had to rally the likes of Bhutan and Srilanka and Bangladesh to make the world believe about what it is trumpeting for decades.

How ?.. Just because some sensationalist Indian media says so ? Refer to the full statement from the govt of Sri Lanka in regards to the SAARC summit, No where does it imply they're siding with India, Only war mongering Indian media and highly deluded section of Indian posters here try to manipulate the story

 

[wiseone2]

Do you remember Pakistan is member of SCO & OIC, Also China is heavily investing in CPEC with whupping 150 billions. It is more then enough for them.

SAARC will do nothing for Pakistan unless India did something

SCO and OIC are political groupings with little in the way of economics
CPEC is another story

If only wishes could come true! However, my point was, by showing the lobbying power India is only proving itself to be the bully in the region. You just cannot ignore any state in the region, let alone Pakistan!

"Pakistan doesn't care". This has been the pattern for long. What to talk of India, even US tried its luck. They blocked the F-16's now. They put us under economic and military sanctions back then. Issued a new map of the world 2010 without PAKISTAN!! what happened? Then all kind of agencies wrecked havoc inside our borders. Mate, we are not Syria or Iraq or Afghanistan. Take a chill pill and don't just start disbursing bonuses to the lobbying diplomats yet

pakistan can be ignored ...
india's best economic growth come since 1990. india-pakistan relations have been bad since 1990

India has BIMSTEC or whatever it is while Pakistan has CPEC. It's a foregone conclusion as to which has a brighter future.

CPEC is grouping of unrelated projects

 

[Counterpunch]

How ?.. Just because some sensationalist Indian media says so ? Refer to the full statement from the govt of Sri Lanka in regards to the SAARC summit, No where does it imply they're siding with India, Only war mongering Indian media and highly deluded section of Indian posters here try to manipulate the story

My bad! I meant to mention Nepal and instead mentioned Srilanka

 

[MM_Haider]

Pakistan is a country with a death wish. Other countries in the region are just normal states grappling with human issues. Good that Pakistan is being kicked out of the grouping just as a murderous thug has no place among a group of normal people.

Problem is that Pakistan just can't be bullied like Bangladesh and Nepal! When it is Matter of Kashmiri people and state's integrity, Pakistan doesn't care about such dramas! India may stage such shows but Pakistan won't leave raising the human rights violations in Kashmir! 70 years have been passed .. 70 years more may pass ..

 

[Counterpunch]

What world are you living in?
All the countries did it regardless of lobbying or not. No country would do it if they thought it was not right. That goes to show that all of South Asian countries are against Pakistan and its sponsoring of jihadis.

And now we will all move to kill SAARC because Pakistan is in it and it is stopping South Asia from progressing. It is Pakistan that holds all of South Asia back.

Nepal, Bhutan: We do not share any border, nor do we have any dispute with them. So hardly makes any sense for them to boycott except the result of Indian bullying poor dependent neighbors
Bangladesh, Afghanistan: They are always going to be anti Pakistan block irrespective of the issue at hand, unless they get a government change and the masses are left to decide
India itself:

So, where Pakistan doesn't care in real, there it is also clear for the world to see what's going on! Pakistan however, will continue with diplomatic sobriety and pretend to be bothered by the annoyed neighbors in line with diplomatic norms

pakistan can be ignored ...
india's best economic growth come since 1990. india-pakistan relations have been bad since 1990

The world saw the surge of consumer products and India is blessed to have one of the biggest consumer market, so the effects of that should not be ignored. However, it is not 'wise' to even consider ignoring your neighbor for multitude of reasons

That said, every country chooses what is best for them, provided the ones with the choice are actually best for the country in the first place or not?