SAARC leaders at SAARC retreat at Dhulikel. (Photo: Twitter)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif at the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday (Photo: AP)
With technological support, Modi aims to make this bus service wifi-enabled in order to make it more tourist-friendly. (Photo: MIB Facebook)
Modi also flagged off the Kathmandu-Delhi bus service on Tuesday. (Photo: MIB Facebook)
In his speech during the inauguration of a trauma centre in Kathmandu, PM Modi also presented the Dhruv ALH to Nepal Army. (Photo: MIB Facebook)
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also arrived at the summit on Tuesday. Pakistan earlier said that it will hold talks with India on the condition that India takes the first step. (Photo: PTI)
Modi reached Nepal on Tuesday when he was accorded the Ceremonial Reception (Photo: PTI)
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen with Nepalese Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam (R) (Photo: PTI)
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the 18th SAARC summit, he said in his speech that if we are sensitive to each other's security then we will advance stability in our region, with reference to security threats in the south Asian region. (
Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa complimented PM Modi for his SAARC satellite idea that was launched on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said that he would not allow 'anybody to conduct proxy wars' in Afghanistan. He also said, "We will not allow our territory to be used against any of our neighbours."
Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala lights the lamp at the inaugural session of the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu. (Photo: AP)
Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala addresses the inaugural session of the 18th SAARC Summit. (Photo: AP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushil Koirala at the inaugural session of 18th SAARC Summit. (Photo: AP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaks with Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala during the 18th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Katmandu, Nepal. (Photo: AP)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the SAARC Summit meet.
They shared the dais but leave alone a handshake, there was no exchange of courtesies between Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan during the nearly three-hour Saarc Summit. (Photo: AP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inaugural session of 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
In his speech, PM Modi also made a reference to the 26/11 attacks that took place in Mumbai, six years ago. (Photo: PTI)
Retreat is a tradition of SAARC Summit where leaders hold private, unofficial bilateral and multilateral talks in a relaxed and more informal atmosphere. SAARC leaders and aides at Retreat in Dhulikhel. (Photo: Twitter)
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj waters a sapling planted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Dhulikhel. (Photo: Twitter)
Since Pakistan has stalled the inking of SAARC connectivity on the pretext that they have not completed the "internal process", the leaders are expected to convey their keenness to ink the pacts. (Photo: Twitter)
SAARC retreats are ideally organised outside the summit venue in resorts and hotels where the leaders can relax and discuss the bilateral and multilateral agendas. It also provides an opportunity to quell disagreements on unresolved issues. (Photo:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other SAARC leaders met at Dhulikhel in Kavre district for a retreat as they are expected to make a last ditch effort to push Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif to ink the regional connectivity agreements. (Photo:
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