New Delhi, May 19 -- In response to a Pakistani journalist's question about the revival of SAARC during a post-victory press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka on February 14 after Bangladesh's 13th parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said that SAARC would be activated to promote regional cooperation. If SAARC is reactivated, it will indicate the possibility of a new leap in regional diplomacy in South Asia. He expressed optimism about building relations between member countries through SAARC. This optimism about SAARC is not a political statement; it is a declaration regional public interest and the potential of multilateral diplomacy.

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