Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday reiterated his call to the South Asian leaders to activate the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, popularly known as SAARC, to bring for the people of entire region.
鈥楽AARC is very important to me. I spoke about activating the forum immediately after taking oath as the chief adviser,鈥� he said.
The chief adviser was addressing a conference of the SAARC Federation of Oncologists through videoconference from the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka. A delegation of SFO also met Yunus at the Jamuna.
Professor Yunus said that whole South Asia would be benefited from activating SAARC which remained dysfunctional due to some issues between India and Pakistan.
鈥楶roblems between the two countries should not affect other countries in South Asia,鈥� he said adding that if South Asian leaders met every year, stood together and took pictures, then a message went to the whole world that they were united.
鈥楾his will present the South Asian countries before the world in a positive way and will help us move forward,鈥� he said.
During the meeting, the chief adviser paid tribute to SFO founder professor ABMF Karim and recalled his memories with him.
The chief adviser also remembered his younger brother, also writer and television personality Muhammad Jahangir, and shared the sufferings that his entire family had gone through after his brother diagnosis with cancer. Yunus highlighted how Dr Karim helped him in the treatment of his brother at that time.
鈥榃e are still not getting the technical support we need for cancer treatment. The role of SAARC in providing treatment to cancer patients is very inspiring,鈥� he added.