ISLAMABAD, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan postponed a regional summit scheduled to be held here in November after India's boycott of the event over rising tensions between the two bitter neighbors, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The tension between the two neighboring countries came after a recent attack in India controlled Kashmir,
The summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, cannot be held even if only one member refuses to attend.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement that a new set of dates for the summit at Islamabad will be announced soon through Nepal, chair of the eight-nation group of SAARC which also groups the Maldives.
"Accordingly, we have conveyed the same to the Prime Minister of Nepal, the current Chair of SAARC," the statement said, adding that "Pakistan deplores India's decision to impede the SAARC process by not attending the 19th SAARC Summit."
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