Dr. Paras Kharel, Executive
Director, SAWTEE, attended the 27th Sustainable Development Conference in
Islamabad, organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI),
Pakistan, 4-7 November 2024. He spoke on regional cooperation potential and on
public debt. He pointed out that recent developments in the region -- the
emphatic public statements in support of SAARC coming from the new government
in Bangladesh, the Indian foreign minister’s visit to Islamabad to attend the
Shangai Cooperation Organization meet, and the Sino-Indian border deal -- could
augur well for the prospect of reviving SAARC. He said SAARC Agriculture Centre
is a natural body to find a regional approach to tackling the crossborder
spillovers of crop residue burning.
