Heart of Asia conference begins in New Delhi

Q.  Heart of Asia conference seeks to devise sustained approach for CBMs in which country?
- Published on 28 Apr 16

a. Uzbekistan
b. Pakistan
c. Afghanistan
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Afghanistan
 
The Heart of Asia conference commenced on 26th April 2016 in New Delhi. Conference was headed by 14 nations. Earlier, Pakistan had hosted the fifth Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference on 9th December 2015 in Islamabad.
  • Heart of Asia conference is part of the Istanbul process. The Istanbul Process was established on 2nd November 2011 for providing a platform to discuss regional issues especially security, political and economic cooperation
  • The HoA ministerial conferences were held in the following cities:
    • i. First: Istanbul (2011)
    ii. Second: Kabul (2012)
    iii. Third: Almaty (2013)
    iv. Fourth: Beijing (2014)
    v. Fifth: December (2015)
  • Close to 14 participating countries in the HoA process include India

Related Content

➨ Post your comment / Share knowledge


Enter the code shown above:

(Note: If you cannot read the numbers in the above image, reload the page to generate a new one.)
▲