17th SAARC Summit - 2011

The Charter (Article III) of SAARC provides that the Heads of State or Government "shall meet once a year or more often as and when considered necessary by the Member States". However, the Summit has generally been convened at an interval of one and half year or so. The next i.e. Seventeenth Summit of the Heads of State or Government is scheduled to be held at Addu City, Maldives on 10-11 November 2011. Addu City or Seenu Atoll is the southernmost atoll of the Maldives. Most inhabited islands in Addu are in the western reef and these are Hithadhoo, Feydhoo, Maradhoo, Gan while the islands of Meedhoo, and Hulhudhoo share a large island in the east. One of the most populated atolls in the Maldives, with over 30,000 people, the islands are connected with each other through a ‘link road’ and the islands are comparatively larger than that of other islands in the Maldives.

“SAARC Summit 17: Building Bridges”, has been chosen by the Government of Maldives as the theme for the Seventeenth SAARC Summit to be held in Maldives in November this year. The theme has been selected as a visionary thought to link past, present and future of SAARC without undermining the achievements of 26 years of building SAARC.
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