SAARC to sign energy deal at summit: Nepal minister

The summit has been overshadowed by hostilities between India and Pakistan

South Asian nations will sign a deal on Thursday to create a seamless electricity grid, Nepal's foreign minister said, signalling an agreement to salvage a regional summit that had been overshadowed by hostilities between India and Pakistan.

 

"Yes the electricity agreement will be signed," Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey told Reuters.

Details awaited..