Saarc summit postponed after India retracts

  • 02/02/2005

A South Asian summit at which the prime ministers of India and Pakistan were set to meet has been postponed after India's Manmohan Singh pulled out, Pakistan said on Wednesday. Pakistan, current chairman of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), questioned Singh's decision not to attend the February 6-7 meeting in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.