Gayoom creates record by being present at all SAARC summits
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has set a unique record by participating in all the SAARC summits since the launch of the seven-member grouping in 1985.
He attended the first summit in Pakistan along with then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Nepalese King Birendra and President Zia-ul Haq of Pakistan -- all of whom were later assasinated. The grouping was the intiative of former Bangladesh President Gen Ziaur Rehman, who was also assassinated in 1982.
He has also hosted the 1997 SAARC summit in Male.
He attended the first summit in Pakistan along with then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Nepalese King Birendra and President Zia-ul Haq of Pakistan -- all of whom were later assasinated. The grouping was the intiative of former Bangladesh President Gen Ziaur Rehman, who was also assassinated in 1982.
He has also hosted the 1997 SAARC summit in Male.
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