Monday, March 12, 2012

Experts stress urgent action on regional cooperation

NEW DELHI, MAR 12 - With kaleidoscopic changes happening in the global scenario, experts across South Asia have strongly underscored the need for urgent action on effective regional cooperation to catapult this "least integrated part of the world" to prosperity and stability.
A recent regional conference here organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs unanimously called for stronger cooperation in the region despite political and security differences.
"…We should not let the political differences and fears stop the processes of South Asian integration," India's National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon said. "While addressing these differences, we should also move forward much more rapidly on connectivity, including energy and grid connectivity, tourism, people to people, trade and economic links, that can make a major contribution to i

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