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Display of unity and resolve
Leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation participate in the opening ceremony of the 12th SAARC Summit at the Jinnah Convention Center, Islamabad, Pakistan. Picture by Chinthaka
Kumarasinghe.
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Sri Lankan President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga addressing the opening
ceremony of the 12th South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad.(AFP) |
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Bangladeshi Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia addressing the opening ceremony.(AFP)
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Heads of state and government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations attend a lunch hosted by Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali.(AFP) |
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee addressing the opening ceremony.(AFP)
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Nepalese Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa addressing the opening ceremony.(AFP)
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President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga paid a courtesy call on Pakistan Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali at the Prime Minister’s House. Picture by Sudath Malaweera. |
Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali addresses the opening
ceremony.(AFP)
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President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom addresses the opening ceremony.
(AFP)
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President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga paid a courtesy call on Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at the President’s House. Here the President Kumaratunga in conversation with Pakistan President. Picture by Sudath Malaweera. |
Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley addresses the opening ceremony.(AFP)
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The Foreign Ministers of India - Yashwant Sinha, Bangladesh - Morshed Khan and Nepal - Bhekh Thapa sign the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement.(AFP)
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President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga paid a courtesy call on Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Picture by Chinthaka Kumarasinghe. |
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