According to a Media report, India along with Iran and Bangladesh, has pulled out of a regional conference on development which is being held in Pakistan.
On Monday in Islamabad the three-day session of the Asian and Pacific Center for Transfer of Technology started. With the objective of promoting, innovation for sustainable development and discuss strategy.
Officials confirmed New Delhi's participation in the conference but later announced India's decision to pull out - The Express Tribune.
In November India boycotted South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit which was to be held in Pakistan. It is believed that New Delhi's decision is part of its efforts to isolate Pakistan internationally by staying away from such multilateral engagements hosted by Islamabad. Media reports said.
Government officials in New Delhi said, Indian delegation couldn't attend probably because of scheduling issues. The ministry of science and technology is hosting the meeting of the 12th Governing Council of APCTT.
All of the 14 member countries of APCTT were invited, but India, Iran and Bangladesh decided to stay away from the meeting. The governing council, which meets once in a year, advises on the future and working of the centre located in India under the Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and United Nations Economic
China, Indonesia, Fiji, Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, are attending the meeting. The meet will approve the five projects which will be undertaken in 2017.
India has submitted one project 'Feed the Future India'. The project is aimed at enhancing food security in selected least-developed countries through the establishment of an agricultural innovation accelerator platform in India with USAID funding of $1.5 million.
The APCTT is a specialised regional Institute of the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UN-ESCAP), based in New Delhi and a team from India have come to Islamabad to look after all the management related issues for the three-day conference.
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