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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Historic trade deal at WTO summit - Bali

Indonesian trade minister Gita Wiryawan, right, shakes hands with World Trade Organisation 

director general Roberto Azevedo during the closing ceremony in Bali. (AP/Firdia Lisnawati)

Indonesia's dream tourists place Bali was the host to a historic deal to boost global trade, approved by the World Trade Organisation's 159 member economies for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Overwhelmed by the deal, WTO director general Roberto Azevedo shed tears during the summit's closing ceremony as he thanked host nation Indonesia, WTO member countries and his wife.

"We have put the world back into the World Trade Organisation," he said. "For the first time in our history, the WTO has truly delivered."

The talks were threatened at the 11th hour when Cuba objected to removal of a reference to the decades-long US trade embargo that Cuba wants lifted.

Besides, India had also been an obstacle because of its vociferous objections to provisions that might endanger grain subsidies aimed at ensuring its poor get enough to eat.

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