Can't give any deadline for SAARC summit, says Nepal

November 03, 2016 09:01

CNN-News18 reports: Nepal's foreign minister on Thursday said it was not possible to give a deadline by when a decision on the SAARC summit could be taken.

Nepal's foreign minister Prakash Sharan Mahat said, "Even a change in venue would not serve the purpose as there was bitterness among India and Pakistan and SAARC operates by consensus and agreement".

He also said that onus of creating the right atmosphere was on Pakistan as it was the host country. Nepal which is the chair of the SAARC summit had postponed the SAARC summit scheduled in Islamabad following boycotts by India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

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