SAAARC to sign energy deal at summit - Nepal minister

By Gopal Sharma

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - 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.

(Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)