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Sri Lanka's foreign minister: 'Our goals are aligned with the ...
Sri Lanka plans to downsize the military by 2030. Overlapping priorities Sri Lanka's political and economic priorities overlap to a large extent with the priorities in the EU strategy for cooperation with the Indo-Pacific countries but there are also differences as regards foreign affairs.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation - Wikipedia
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation In other languages: Assamese:দক্ষিণ এছিয়াৰ আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতাৰ সংঘBaluchi:دکھنی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون دا اتحادBengali:দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থাDari:جنوب آسیا منطقهای همکاری اتحادDzongkha:ལྷོ་ཨེ་ཤེས་ཡའི་གནས་ཡུལ་མཉམ་འགྱུར་གyi་མཐུན་སྡེGujarati:દક્ષિણ એશિયાઈ પ્રાદેશિક સહકાર સંઘHindi:दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठनKannada:ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಏಷ್ಯಾದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಸಹಕಾರ ಸಂಘKashmiri:جنوبی ایشیاہک علاقائی تعاون سنگتھMalayalam:തെക്കേ ഏഷ്യൻ പ്രാദേശിക സഹകരണ സംഘടനMaldivian:ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެކުވެރިކަން ޖަމިއްޔާMarathi:दक्षिण आशियाई प्रादेशिक सहकार संघटनाNepali:दक्षिण एसियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठनOdia:ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଏସୀୟ ଆଞ୍ଚଳିକ ସହଯୋଗ ସଂସ୍ଥାPashto:سویلي آسیا د سیمهییزې همکارۍ اتحادRajasthani:दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठनSanskrit:दक्षिणाशियायाः प्रादेशिकसहकारसङ्घःSindhi:ڏکڻ ايشيائي علائقائي تعاون جو سنگھSinhala:දකුණු ආසියානු කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානයTamil:தெற்கு ஆசிய பிராந்திய ஒத்துழைப்பு சங்கம்Telugu:దక్షిణ ఆసియా ప్రాంతీయ సహకార సంఘంUrdu:جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون تنظیم Flag Logo Location of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (dark green)in Asia (dark grey)HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal28°10′N 84°15′E / 28.167°N 84.250°ELargest cityDhaka, Bangladesh 23°48′37″N 90°24′45″E / 23.81028°N 90.41250°EWorking languageEnglishOfficial languagesof contracting states24 languagesReligion (2025)[1]60.8% Hinduism30.5% Islam2.9% Buddhism1.9% Christianity1.3% Sikhism0.3% Jainism0.2% no religion0.05% Zoroastrianism0.05% Baháʼí Faith0.01% Judaism0.8% otherDemonymSouth AsianTypeRegional organisationMember states 8 members: Afghanistan[a] Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka 9 observers: Australia China European Union Iran Japan Mauritius Myanmar South Korea United States Leaders• Secretary-General Golam Sarwar[2]• Chairmanship of SAARC BangladeshLegislatureNoneEstablishment8 December 1985 (40 years ago)Area• Total5,101,240 km2 (1,969,600 sq mi)• Water (%)8Population• 2025 estimate 1,992,790,035[3](1st)• Density381.6/km2 (988.3/sq mi)GDP (PPP)2025 estimate• Total $21.7 trillion[4]• Per capita $11,136[4]GDP (nominal)2025 estimate• Total $5.22 trillion[4]• Per capita $2,665[4]HDI (2023) 0.659[5]mediumCurrency 8 currencies Afghan afghani (؋) (AFN) Bangladeshi taka (৳) (BDT) Bhutanese ngultrum (Nu.) (BTN) Indian rupee (₹) (INR) Maldivian rufiyaa (.ރ) (MVR) Nepalese rupee (रु) (NPR) Pakistani rupee (₨) (PKR) Sri Lankan rupee (රු) (LKR) Time zoneUTC+4:30 to +6:00 (AFT, PST, MVT, IST, SLST, NPT...
Sri Lanka and Maldives Exchange Seven MoUs at Presidential ...
Tourism, Defence and Education Cooperation Strengthened: Sri Lanka and Maldives Exchange Seven MoUs at Presidential-Level Meeting #News1st #NewsFirst...
China, Sri Lanka forging stronger bonds - Chinadaily.com.cn
A number of bilateral cooperation documents were signed in industrial investment, standardization, livelihood assistance, agriculture, media and other areas this time. China will encourage more competent Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Sri Lanka, and is willing to increase imports of quality agricultural products from Sri Lanka.
