SAARC meeting begins

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Council of Minister's meeting began in Colombo on Thursday. Foreign Ministers of eight SAARC nations Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka began their two-day meeting to set agenda for the August 2-3 summit. The Ministers are also expected to deliberate extensively on issues of urgent regional concern, especially food security, energy cooperation and climate change.