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Q65 (CISF/2017) International Relations & Global Affairs › International Organisations & Groupings

Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC Charter signed on December 1985?

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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally adopted on December 8, 1985, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The original signatories and founding members of the association were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Afghanistan was not a founding member and therefore was not a signatory to the 1985 Charter. It joined SAARC as the eighth member state during the 14th SAARC Summit held in New Delhi, India, in April 2007. Consequently, Afghanistan is the correct answer as it was the only country among the options that was not part of the organization at its inception.

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