Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of t

Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

[amp_mcq option1=”Its Headquarters is located in Kathmandu.” option2=”China is the only country with an Observer status in SAARC.” option3=”The First SAARC Summit was held in Dhaka.” option4=”The Eighteenth SAARC Summit was held in Nepal.” correct=”option2″]

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UPSC CDS-1 – 2017
The statement “China is the only country with an Observer status in SAARC” is not correct.
SAARC has several Observer states. While China is one of them, it is not the only one. Other Observer states include Australia, European Union, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar, South Korea, and the United States.
The SAARC Secretariat is indeed located in Kathmandu (Option A is correct). The First SAARC Summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1985 (Option C is correct). The Eighteenth SAARC Summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2014 (Option D is correct).
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