Objectives of SAARC

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on 8th December1985 AD. It has been formed to solve the common problem of the countries of South Asia. The president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahaman was the first person to develop the concept of SAARC. But later on, several meetings were held in government level. Most the countries of SAARC are poor and developing.

The major objectives of the SAARC are:

• To quicken the economic growth, social progress, and cultural development.
• To develop the welfare of the people of South Asia and to promote their quality of life.
• To promote towards mutual trust, understanding and appreciation of the problems of one another.
• To make the self-reliance among the countries of South Asia.
• To contribute to an international and regional organization with similar aims and purposes.
• To develop active participation and mutual assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical and scientific fields.
• To make strong cooperation among themselves in international forums in matters of common interest.

The major objective of SAARC is to make the SAARC as a Free Trade Zone and eliminate poverty from this region.SAARC is the common platform for all the member countries to work together in a goal to achieve friendship, trust, and understanding. All the member's countries put forward their problems and try to find out the solutions.