Nepal’s former Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa has assumed charge
as 12th Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC)succeeding Ahmed Saleem of Maldives and is the second time Nepal assumed the top post of the regional body since its establishment in 1985(Former Foreign Secretary Yadav Kanta Silwal held the post from January 1994 to December 1995)
Arjun Bahadur Thapa was appointed to the position by the 30th Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers held in the Maldives on February 20,2014
The council endorsed his nomination and approved his appointment for a three—year term commencing from March 01,2014
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