Chief Adviser to the Interim Government Dr. Muhammad Yunus has called for a more effective South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Dr. Yunus made this call when SAARC Secretary General Golam Sarwar came to meet the Chief Adviser at Tejgaon, Dhaka, on Monday (December 2).
He told the SAARC Secretary General that SAARC is a forgotten word. If you can revive it, it will benefit the people of the entire region. At the time, the SAARC Secretary General thanked Dr. Yunus for being a big supporter of SAARC.
The Secretary General informed the Chief Adviser about the ongoing activities of SAARC. Which include the Programming Committee, Governing Body of Regional Centers and Specialized Agencies, Climate Change Events, SDGs, Regional Integration, Customs Cooperation, etc.
He said that due to the lack of high-level meetings, effective initiatives are not gaining momentum. Secretary General Sarwar said that we have partnerships with many organizations. We are trying to figure them out.
Dr. Yunus asked Secretary General Sarwar to work on multilateral issues like Nepal's hydropower exports to neighboring countries like Bangladesh, India and Bhutan. Professor Yunus invited young people from SAARC countries to attend the Youth Festival in Bangladesh in January.
He said that the whole idea of SAARC is to bring people together. This conference can be a way to open the doors of SAARC.