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Vajpayee asks SAARC to organise itself
New Delhi, Nov 11: In an apparent wake up call to Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said Saarc would `simply miss the boat` if the regional grouping failed to organise itself and warned that `other alignments` would develop to seize the economic opportunities offered by closer integration.
New Delhi, Nov 11: In an apparent wake up call to
Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said Saarc
would "simply miss the boat" if the regional grouping failed
to organise itself and warned that "other alignments" would
develop to seize the economic opportunities offered by closer
integration.
Observing that post cold war alignments and the
technology revolution have set in motion trends which could
not be ignored, he said "it is time that we recognize what it
means for all of us in South Asia".
Inaugurating the third Saarc Information Ministers'
Conference, Vajpayee, who delayed his departure for Moscow,
warned "if Saarc cannot organise itself, it will simply miss
the boat".
"Other alignments will develop to seize the economic opportunities offered by closer integration. We cannot forever be challenging logic and mocking economics", he told representatives from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan besides India. Bureau Report
"Other alignments will develop to seize the economic opportunities offered by closer integration. We cannot forever be challenging logic and mocking economics", he told representatives from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan besides India. Bureau Report