Indian Foriegn Secretary, S. Jaishankar, will begin the first phase of his SAARC Yatra, where he will be visiting Bhutan on March 1, Bangladesh on March 2, Pakistan on March 3 and Afghanistan on March 4.
The second phase of the Yatra will include Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal, the details of which are yet to be announced.
The objective of these visits is to discuss and take forward the various initiatives and programs that were previously proposed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent meetings with SAARC leaders and the SAARC Summit last year.