An extensive conference called South Asia People's Assembly or People's South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is going to be organized in Kathmandu from Friday with the objective of forging solidarity and alliance between people of these countries for democracy, justice and peace in South Asia.

According the Nepali National News Agency RSS Friday's report, the three-day conference would be participated in by over 500 delegates from all the South Asian countries of SAARC.

The participants will deliberate together not only sectoral issues of specific interests but also the strengthening of a broad solidarity and alliance to achieve justice for all the people of the region through peace and democracy.

As per the information given out at a press conference organized here Thursday by the People's SAARC Preparatory Committee, the conference takes place in the context of the official SAARC summit of heads of states and governments scheduled to take place in New Delhi, India in early April.

It is stated that the South Asia People's Assembly will raise the voice of the people of the region before the leaders of governments of the SAARC nations meet.

The Assembly will open with launching a vision for a New South Asia. For two days it will deliberate topics related to food security, farmers, peace, demilitarization, democracy, governance, gender equity, rights of the various minority groups, economic cooperation.

Similarly, parliamentarians from the various countries would hold a forum in course of the Assembly.

Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Pakistan have already arrived here to attend the Assembly.

Source: Xinhua