India has already communicated its decision to Nepal, the Saarc chair, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said, reports the Kathmandu Post.
The summit is automatically postponed or cancelled if one member country skips the event.
Tensions between India and Pakistan are growing after militants suspected to have entered from Pakistan stormed an Indian Army base in Uri on September 18, killing 18 soldiers.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi decided to not to attend the summit. Later Bhutan and Afghanistan also decided not to attend it.
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