Can a Global Pandemic Resuscitate SAARC?

Bansari Kamdar, The Diplomat

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SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has been reactivated as South Asia braces for the worst of COVID–19. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a SAARC Emergency Fund to combat the COVID–19 epidemic in South Asia with an initial offer of $10 million from India. Five of seven countries contributed to the Fund.

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