17th SAARC Summit

10 November 2011 06:25 pm

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks during the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Addu November 10, 2011. The eight-nation SAARC includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the host country Maldives, an archipelago of nearly 1,200 mostly uninhabited atolls in the Indian Ocean. REUTERS