Kathmandu, Nepal: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Program Committee's 53rd meeting kicks off in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, from Wednesday.
Nepal has hosted the meeting in the capacity of the SAARC Chair. The meeting is held under the leadership of Foreign Ministry's Regional Organization Division Chief Mani Prasad Bhattarai.
It is said that ranges of issues related to the SAARC's activities since mid April 2016, operation of the SAARC Secretariat, the budget for the next year and many others are fixed as the agendas of the meeting.
The meeting is held in the mean time when Pakistan has expressed its interest to host the 19th summit in its capital city Islamabad.
