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Air Max 91, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Indian press have devoted front and major pages to cover the ongoing 14th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as heads of state or government of member countries Wednesday continued to discuss issues including terrorism, poverty and intra-regional trade. "As yet another SAARC summit began in Delhi on Tuesday, it once again raised expectations that India and Pakistan would resolve their political differences and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation will finally emerge a body with some political and financial muscle," said India's leading English-language newspaper The Hindu in its Opinion page. Trade and terrorism will have to be tackled firmly at this forum as most of the member countries are grappling with insurgency and militancy in some form or the other. The rest of the world is keeping a watchful eye on South Asia with abundant potential as five SAARC observers -- China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States of America and the European Union -- have sent their foreign ministers or representatives to the meeting. "But will the SAARC countries opt to unleash this potential to improve the lives of their citizens or not remains a moot point
doposci ugg," said The Hindu. "In the dismal record of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation might be remembered for initiating two trends. One is India's new-found political will to accelerate regional integration through unilateral gestures on opening its market to its neighbors. The other is a change in the very composition of the SAARC," said The Indian Express. "India needs to recognize that its interests in Afghanistan, including transit trade
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