The 43rd Session of the Programming Committee Meeting of SAARC will be held at the SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu from January 3-5.The meeting will bring together, among others, the Directors General/Joint Secretaries heading the SAARC Division/Wing of the Ministries of Foreign/External Affairs of the SAARC Member States, the Directors of SAARC Regional Centres and the Directors of the Secretariat.
The meeting will be inaugurated by the Secretary General of SAARC Ahmed Saleem.
The meeting will finalize the Calendar of Actives for the year 2013. The activities of the Regional Centres and the status of implementation of the decisions taken earlier will also be reviewed in the meeting.
Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker, Director General (SAARC & BIMSTEC) will lead the Bangladesh delegation.
To mention, Bangladesh hosts two of the eleven SAARC Regional Centres namely SAARC Agricultrue Centre (SAC) and SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC).
(Source: Banglanews24.com)
