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Finally SAFTA
6th January,2004-- The SAFTA protocol is signed in the Islamabad summit of the SAARC hopes are high in all the countries in the region and businessmen await it's implementation eagerly.
January,2004--an unprecedented ceasefire continues in Sri Lanka. LTTE and The government begins talks but Wikremesinghe doesn't trust Pravakaran. Musharraf wins elections to the post of President of Pakistan (no one is surprised).
April,2004--Elections begin in Sri Lanka. Pakistan army reduces strength by 50000 troops.In Sri Lanka Wikremesinghe retains power.
15th July,2004--India and Pakistan start Peace negotiations for the improvement of trade and discuss about making the Line of Control a full fledged international border. Negotiations on this matter will continue for several months. A Friendly cricket tournament is organised in Karachi and Mumbai.
September,2004--The civil war in Nepal intensifies, maoists attack several high profile targets although none of their targets are killed, commercial flights from Kathmandu are stopped by all foreign airlines except Indian Airlines and Biman Bangladesh.
13th October,2004--King Gyanendra of Nepal declares that he will convert his country into a complete constitutional monarchy. People of Nepal celebrate and high level meetings occur within the Communist Party of Nepal(maoist).The South Asian Motor Vehicle Agreement is ratified by Bhutan, the last country to do so and operationalized trade between the four countries increases by 15% immediately.
November,2004--The Sri Lankan government and LTTE hold a round table conference, the government agrees in principle to grant autonomy to the Tamils and the details are to be worked out in the future. LTTE describes the conference as very productive.
26th December,2004-A massive earthquake of magnitude of 10.9 on the Richter scale in the Indian Ocean creates a massive earthquake. Southern India and Sri Lanka are badly affected. Relief flows in from around the world.
January,2004--an unprecedented ceasefire continues in Sri Lanka. LTTE and The government begins talks but Wikremesinghe doesn't trust Pravakaran. Musharraf wins elections to the post of President of Pakistan (no one is surprised).
April,2004--Elections begin in Sri Lanka. Pakistan army reduces strength by 50000 troops.In Sri Lanka Wikremesinghe retains power.
15th July,2004--India and Pakistan start Peace negotiations for the improvement of trade and discuss about making the Line of Control a full fledged international border. Negotiations on this matter will continue for several months. A Friendly cricket tournament is organised in Karachi and Mumbai.
September,2004--The civil war in Nepal intensifies, maoists attack several high profile targets although none of their targets are killed, commercial flights from Kathmandu are stopped by all foreign airlines except Indian Airlines and Biman Bangladesh.
13th October,2004--King Gyanendra of Nepal declares that he will convert his country into a complete constitutional monarchy. People of Nepal celebrate and high level meetings occur within the Communist Party of Nepal(maoist).The South Asian Motor Vehicle Agreement is ratified by Bhutan, the last country to do so and operationalized trade between the four countries increases by 15% immediately.
November,2004--The Sri Lankan government and LTTE hold a round table conference, the government agrees in principle to grant autonomy to the Tamils and the details are to be worked out in the future. LTTE describes the conference as very productive.
26th December,2004-A massive earthquake of magnitude of 10.9 on the Richter scale in the Indian Ocean creates a massive earthquake. Southern India and Sri Lanka are badly affected. Relief flows in from around the world.
- Rajveer Naha
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