International body / IFI
Regional intergovernmental organisation
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A regional intergovernmental organisation of eight South Asian member states, established in 1985 to promote economic and regional integration, with its secretariat in Kathmandu. Regular Heads-of-State summits have not been held since 2014.
Reviewed First entity seeded into the reference layer; summary reflects public SAARC records.
01Snapshot
Also known as SAARC
02Coverage
President Muizzu has called for SAARC's revival and offered the Maldives' good offices. Nine years without a summit have left South Asia the world's least integrated region — under 5% intra-regional trade across a bloc of 1.94 billion people.
By White Tern
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