SAARC Boycott by Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan No Victory for India

India seems to be celebrating victory after Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan follow the suit and have boycotted the planned SAARC summit in Pakistan

However, G Pramod Kumar at Huffington Post calls it no victory for India as all three countries are fed by India and they had to follow suit of their master.  The Post writer is of the view that had the other three members, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives also followed the suit, it could have then been a diplomatic victory for India and a reason to rejoice.

Even otherwise SAARC is not a crucial and significant organization is South Asia the boycott of which will have any far fetched implications, adds the writer.The planned summit meeting has however been postponed due to absence of four of its members.

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Britain boycotts IMF eurozone rescue scheme

[ via BBC News Europe ] 19 Dec

While European countries have agreed to provide 150bn euros (£125bn; $194bn) to the International Monetary Fund -  the Britain's decision not to take part in a scheme to support the eurozone meant EU finance ministers failed to reach their target sum of 200 billion euro.

The British government wants an increase in IMF resources to be part of a broader process involving all G20 nations.

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