Category : Global Health/SAARC
Title : Modi’s move to engage SAARC on COVID-19 shows his capacity to surprise
Author : Kanwal Sibal 16-03-2020
Former foreign secretary, Kanwal Sibal, observes that Prime Minister Modi’s initiative to organise a video-conference of Saarc leaders to develop together a roadmap to fight the challenge of COVID-19 is a well thought out strategy and shows his capacity to surprise. Modi’s move could inject new life into Saarc, just when India was seen as downgrading the Saarc platform for stronger regional cooperation and promoting Bimstec.
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