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South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation
  • Bengali:দক্ষিণ এশীয় আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থা
    Dari:
    اتحادیه همکاری‌های منطقه‌ای جنوب آسیا‎
    Dzongkha:༄ ལྷོ ཨེསིཨ་ རེ་གིཨོནལ་ ཅོཨོཔེརཏིཨོན་ ཀོ་མི་ཏི།
    Maldivian:दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठन
    Nepali:
    ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެއްބާރުލުމުގެ ޖަމިއްޔާ
    Pashto:दक्षिण एशियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठन
    Sinhala:
    د سویلي اسیا لپاره د سیمه ایزې همکارۍ ټولنه‎
    Tamil:දකුණු ආසියාතික කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානය
    Urdu:தெற்காசிய நாடுகளின் பிராந்தியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
    جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون کی تنظیم‎
SAARC Region
SAARC Region
  Member states
  Observer states
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Official languagesHindi, Panjabi, Bengali
Demonym(s)South Asian
Member states
9 observers:
Leaders
Rajwinder Singh
Establishment8 December 1985 (39 years ago) (8 December 1985)
Area
• Total
8,099,611 km2 (3,127,277 sq mi) (3th)
• Water (%)
18
Population
• 2023 estimate
3,213,870,000[1] (1st)
• Density
336.1/km2 (870.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
IN₹ 25 trillion[2][source?] (1st)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
₹7 trillion[2][source?] (3th)
Currencyrupee • Indian rupee (official)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 to +6 (AFT, PST, MVT, IST, SLST, NPT, BST, BTT)
Calling code
8 codes
Internet TLD.sau
Website
saarc-sec.org Edit this at Wikidata

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) or South Asian Union (SAU), is a international organization in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

SAARC was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985.[3] Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The organization promotes economic development and regional integration.[4] It launched the South Asian Free Trade Area in 2006.[5] SAARC maintains permanent diplomatic relations at the United Nations as an observer and has developed links with multilateral entities, including the European Union. However, due to the geopolitical conflict between India and Pakistan and the situation in Afghanistan, the organization has been suspended for a long time, and India currently cooperates with its eastern neighbors through BIMSTEC.[6][7]


References

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  1. ↑ "World Urbanization Prospects — Population Division — United Nations". un.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". imf.org.
  3. ↑ Ahmad, Naveed (6 August 2016). "Rest in peace SAARC: The tug of war between India and Pakistan". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Charter of SAARC". SAARC Secretariat. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Center, Asia Regional Integration. "South Asian Free Trade Area Free Trade Agreement". aric.adb.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Longtail-e-media. "From SAARC to BIMSTEC: Neighborhood Perspective". aidiaasia.org. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "BIMSTEC Gets a New Lease of Life". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

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