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| PM pitches for freer movement in South Asia
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| INDIA
, 28-April-2010
11:18:3 AM |
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Pitching for freer movement of goods, services and people across South Asia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday warned that the region faces the risk of “marginalisation and stagnation” if member countries fail to build SAARC as a group that is better connected and better empowered.
Addressing the 16th SAARC Summit here, he regretted that the share of intra-regional trade and investment in total trade and investment flows in the region was far below that of East and South-East Asia and much less the potential.
“The 21st century cannot be an Asian century unless South Asia marches together,” Singh said as he underlined the need for translating regional institutions into activities, conventions into programmes and official statements into popular sentiments.
“I have a vision of inclusive growth in South Asia both within our countries and for the region of South Asia as a whole,” Singh told the Summit attended by leaders from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
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