SAARC Finance Ministers Meet in Manila

3 May 2012

SAARC Finance Ministers met at an informal meeting in Manila on 3 May 2012 on the sidelines of the 45th ADB Annual Meeting. This the 6th Informal Meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers was devoted to the theme Eurozone Crisis and Implications for South Asia.

Ahmed Saleem Secretary-General of SAARC in his brief address to those attending expressed his thoughts on the theme of the meeting and apprised the delegates on the current state of regional cooperation in economic integration trade and finance.

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