Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced at the conclusion of the 15th SAARC summit that the Maldives would host the 16th Summit.
The Maldives was originally selected as the venue for the 15th SAARC summit. However, its officials said they would not be able to host the summit and Sri Lanka volunteered to take over.
Initially the Sri Lankan authorities chose Kandy an ancient hillside town as the site for the summit. Due to lack of infrastructure and security concerns, Sri Lanka decided to move it to Colombo.
The eight heads of state or government from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan meet annually to discuss problems facing the region in a bid to promote economic and political cooperation.
The 14th SAARC summit was held in Indian capital New Delhi in April last year.
Source: news.xinhuanet.com
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