Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa
A Council of Ministers’ meeting Thursday proposed Arjun Bahadur Thapa, the Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the post of SAARC Secretary General.

On a rotation basis, this is Nepal’s term to nominate the SAARC Secretary General, as the current Secretary General, Ahmed Saleem of Maldives is retiring soon.

Thapa will be the second SAARC Secretary General on Nepal’s quota. Nepal’s first SAARC Secretary General was Yadav Kant Silwal (January 1994-December 1995).

Thapa will be the 11th SAARC Secretary General, since the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation was established in December 1985. Nepalnews.com