Sri Lanka’s participation in the 19th SAARC Summit scheduled for November 2016 in Islamabad

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SAARC summit: Sri Lanka joins India, 3 others in boycott; Pakistan isolated
Sri Lankan ministry of Foreign Affairs, in official communication sent to SAARC chair Nepal said, 'Sri Lanka regrets that the prevailing environment in the region is not conducive for holding the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad on November 9 and 10 2016'.

Smita Sharma | Posted by Shruti Singh
New Delhi, September 30, 2016 | UPDATED 15:26 IST
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Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan and now Sri Lanka. The Indian campaign to isolate Pakistan in the aftermath of Uri attack has worked with Sri Lanka becoming the fourth country today confirming that it will not participate in the annual SAARC summit which is scheduled in November this year in Islamabad.

Sri Lankan ministry of Foreign Affairs, in official communication sent to SAARC chair Nepal today said, "Sri Lanka regrets that the prevailing environment in the region is not conducive for holding the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad on November 9 and 10 2016.

The General Provisions of the SAARC Charter require that decisions at all levels shall be taken on the basis of unanimity, and this applies to the convening of meetings of Heads of State or Government of SAARC Member States as well.

Peace and security are essential elements for the success of meaningful regional cooperation for the benefit of the people of South Asia. As a founding member of SAARC, committed to regional cooperation, Sri Lanka hopes that the steps required to ensuring our region's peace and security will be taken to create an environment that is conducive for the pursuit of regional cooperation.

Sri Lanka condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and stresses in this regard, the need to deal with the issue of terrorism in the region in a decisive manner".

Sri Lanka conveyed its decision to not attend the SAARC summit was conveyed just days ahead of its PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to India.

Wickremesinghe will be in New Zealand on an official visit from October 1-3 and to India from October 4-6.

A SAARC summit can take place only when leaders of all member countries are present.

India, the largest member of the eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), announced its decision to pull out hours after Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit was summoned to South Block and handed over Pakistan's "proof of cross-border origin" of the September 18 Uri terror attack.

India is also planning to revoke the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan in trade, in another punishing measure.

India has been increasing its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan over the past few days for its open backing of the Kashmir unrest and specially after the terror attack on an army camp in Uri on September 18 that left 19 soldiers dead.




http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...india-boycott-pakistan-isolated/1/777002.html

 

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Condemn terrorism in all forms and stress to deal with the issue of terrorism in the region in a decisive manner: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka pulls out of 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad; becomes 5th country to do so in the eight-nation grouping: PTI


After India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Sri Lanka pulls out of 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad

After India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Sri Lanka pulls out of 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad
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Colombo: In a big diplomatic blow to Pakistan, Sri Lanka on Friday became the fifth country to pull out of 19th SAARC summit, scheduled to be held in Islamabad on November 09 and November 10.

Colombo said the environment was not conducive for holding the summit.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs further condemned terrorism in all forms and stressed in this regard the need to deal with the issue of terrorism in the region in the decisive manner.

Nepal, the present Chair of the SAARC, meanwhile, said that the summit of the South Asian regional grouping cannot take place if even one member country notifies its inability to participate in the event.




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Day after surgical strikes in Pak, Sri Lanka also pulls out of SAARC


Day after surgical strikes in Pak, Sri Lanka also pulls out of SAARC
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PublishedSep 30, 2016, 3:18 pm IST
UpdatedSep 30, 2016, 3:36 pm IST
'Regret that prevailing environment in region is not conducive for holding 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad on 9th & 10th November.'

SAARC leaders at last year's summit which was held in Dhulikel in Nepal.
Colombo: Following India’s footsteps, Sri Lanka on Friday announced that it is pulling out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, which was scheduled to be held in Pakistan this November.

Sri Lanka’s decision comes just two days after Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan too decided to pull out of the summit, citing that the environment is not conducive to host such a meet.

“Regret that prevailing environment in region is not conducive for holding 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad on 9th & 10th November. General Provisions of SAARC Charter require decisions at all levels shall be taken on the basis of unanimity and this applies to the convening of meetings of Heads of State or Government of SAARC Member States as well,” a statement from the Sri Lankan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Without naming Pakistan, Sri Lanka also attacked the country over the issue of terrorism. “We condemn terrorism in all forms and stress in this regard need to deal with issue of terrorism in region in decisive manner,” the statement added.

India had pulled out of the SAARC summit on Tuesday, saying that the current atmosphere was not conductive for holding a successful summit; the same reason had been cited by all the other countries that followed suit.

The Ministry of External Affairs had issued a statement, saying, "India has conveyed to current SAARC Chair Nepal that increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in the region and growing interference in the internal affairs of Member States by one country have created an environment that is not conducive to the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad in November 2016."

"In the prevailing circumstances, the Government of India is unable to participate in the proposed Summit in Islamabad", the statement said.

Diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan have been rising since the September 18 attack on an Army base in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri that killed 18 Indian soldiers.

India on Thursday carried out surgical strikes on seven terror launchpads across the LoC, inflicting "significant casualties" on terrorists preparing to infiltrate from Azad Kashmir (Azad Kashmir).

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/worl...-says-atmosphere-in-region-not-conducive.html

 

[duhastmish]

Oh damn it. Now I think Pakistan should also boycott it.

Enough is enough. Bc party do free daru free chicken upar se nakhre bi.

 

[bickyis555]

Reaction of Pakistani

 

[hussain0216]

SAARC is cancelled, how was a summit with a handfull of nations supposed to go on?

Sri Lanka just said the same thing

 

[Dash]

SAARC is cancelled, how was a summit with a handfull of nations supposed to go on?

Sri Lanka just said the same thing

Didn't you say that you will go ahead with the summit without India, bd, AF, and Bhutan?

 

[Godman]

We aren't boycotting it. We are unhappy with the situation and considers the "Atmosphere to be unsuitable for the SAARC summit"
http://www.dailymirror.lk/116641/SL-says-atmosphere-not-conducive-to-hold-SAARC-Summit

The summit should be postponed unless the situation de-escalates really quickly which I doubt.

 

[coffee_cup]

Ok, Sri Lanka is condemning indirectly Indian support of terrorist organizations such as LTTE. That is why, rightly saying terrorism in the region should be addressed in all forms, etc.

So if a SAARC meeting can only take place when all states are taking part, next time Pakistan must boycott it, if takes place in India.

Tit for tat. This organization has no value anyway.

 

[hussain0216]

Didn't you say that you will go ahead with the summit without India, bd, AF, and Bhutan?

No, summit will be cancelled closer to the date

Summit has been cancelled for similar reasons 8 times in the past

 

[Skull and Bones]

There are so many things Nepal and Pakistan can talk about, maybe Pakistani actors find some role in Nepali movies.

 

[Dr Shaheryar]

yaar apni movies kay liyay actors dhoond lo. Doosray mulk say import kyun kartay ho.

 

[banvanaxl]

http://www.mfa.gov.lk/index.php/en/media/media-releases/6614-19saarc


Sri Lanka’s participation in the 19th SAARC Summit scheduled for November 2016 in Islamabad
Sri Lanka regrets that the prevailing environment in the region is not conducive for holding the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad on 9th and 10th November 2016.

The General Provisions of the SAARC Charter require that decisions at all levels shall be taken on the basis of unanimity, and this applies to the convening of meetings of Heads of State or Government of SAARC Member States as well.

Peace and security are essential elements for the success of meaningful regional cooperation for the benefit of the people of South Asia. As a founding member of SAARC, committed to regional cooperation, Sri Lanka hopes that the steps required to ensuring our region’s peace and security will be taken to create an environment that is conducive for the pursuit of regional cooperation.

Sri Lanka condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and stresses in this regard, the need to deal with the issue of terrorism in the region in a decisive manner.



Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Colombo
30 September 2016



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[dadeechi]

Don't worry. Now Pakistanis would claim that President Maithripala Sirisena is India's puppet.

 

[ito]

Ok, Sri Lanka is condemning indirectly Indian support of terrorist organizations such as LTTE. That is why, rightly saying terrorism in the region should be addressed in all forms, etc.

So if a SAARC meeting can only take place when all states are taking part, next time Pakistan must boycott it, if takes place in India.

Tit for tat. This organization has no value anyway.

There is no chance that SAARC will be held in near future. Pakistan will boycott when SAARC will be held in India and India will boycott when SAARC is held in Pakistan. Better disband SAARC.

There are so many things Nepal and Pakistan can talk about, maybe Pakistani actors find some role in Nepali movies.

Nepal as a chair, I guess has to be impartial. But it has given enough indications that the atmosphere is not good for SAARC to be held. Seem even Pakistan knows that SAARC will not be held, even more after the surgical strikes.

 

[Dr Shaheryar]

Actually both are fool in dragging other countries in their brawl. This will only destabilize the whole SAARC region . Nothing else.