PM Modi asks SAARC nations to work together on Covid-19, leaders laud initiative

Leaders of four South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations - Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to chalk out a joint strategy to combat the coronavirus outbreak, promising their complete support towards the collective efforts against the pandemic that has killed nearly 5000 people globally. PM Modi on Friday had proposed that the leaders of the SAARC countries should chalk out a joint strategy to fight coronavirus.