Pakistan +SAARC +Pakistan +BIMSTEC +NEW DELHI: India sent out a clear message toon Monday, warning it that South Asian nations would find other ways to cooperate on regional initiatives if it continues to block initiatives under thebanner. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar also presented a snapshot of what a 'SAARC without Pakistan' could achieve.Without naming, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar took a shot at Islamabad in an address to a think tank in New Delhi. "Problem with SAARC is that some basic sort of standards of regional cooperation have to apply. "You cannot be a member of a region and block every possible regional initiative and still say I am good member. This in turn has led to the idea of a regional grouping without Pakistan being mentioned with increasing frequency in the discourses of South Asian countries.

Source: Times of India November 21, 2016 14:42 UTC