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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit has decided to set the timeline for finalising a framework for rail and sea connectivity. The “Addu Declaration” issued at the end of the Seventeenth SAARC summit here on Friday shed some of the despondency reflected in the previous summit held in Thimphu. While the Thimphu Declaration had disappointed over a “number of initiatives not translating into tangible and meaningful benefits to the people,” the latest one welcomed the summit recognising the importance of “bridging differences,” playing on this summit’s theme of “Building Bridges.” Read More
