The Foreign Secretaries of the SAARC member countries met at the SAARC Standing Committee Meeting on 7th Nov. 2011. The delegates deliberated on the annual report of SAARC Secretariat and the agenda for the upcoming SAARC Summit. The Standing Committee meetings held on 7th and 8th Nov. 2011 will be followed by the Council of Ministers meeting, which will be attended by Foreign Ministers of SAARC countries, on 9th Nov. 2011 (Wednesday).
The SAARC Programming Committee met on 6th Nov. 2011 and discussed on a US$2.7 million (Rf41.6 million) budget proposed by its members for the functioning of the SAARC Secretariat and ways to reduce the budget of the Secretariat and the Regional Centres.
The 17th SAARC Summit will begin at 2pm on 10th Nov. 2011 (Thursday) and will end at 3pm on 11th Nov. 2011 (Friday).
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