Q.2640 SAARC conference

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Parliament Questions and Answers

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2640
TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.08.2011

SHRI MANICKA TAGORE:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the discussions held in the recent SAARC conference in Delhi;
(b) whether India and Pakistan had entered into any agreement on controlling terrorism and terrorists activities in India; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SMT. PRENEET KAUR)

(a) to (c) No SAARC Conference has been hosted in Delhi recently. However, the 4th Meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Ministers was held in Thimphu, Bhutan from July 21-23, 2011. In the SAARC meetings no separate bilateral agreements are entered into. The Home Minister of India and his Pakistani counterpart met on the margins of the 4th Meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Ministers in Bhutan in July, 2011 and discussed matters pertaining to India-Pakistan bilateral relations including matters relating to terrorism and security.
http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=220218054.

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