<P> The first summit was held in Dhaka , Bangladesh on 6 -- 8 December 1985 and was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh , Maldives , Pakistan and Sri Lanka , the kings of Bhutan and Nepal , and the prime minister of India . signed the SAARC Charter on 8 December 1985 , thereby establishing the regional association , and established study groups on the problems of terrorism and drug trafficking , as well as planning a ministerial - level meeting about GATT , and a ministerial - level conference on increasing the participation of women at the regional level . The summit also agreed to establish a SAARC secretariat and adopted an official SAARC emblem . </P>
<P> The first summit was held in Dhaka , Bangladesh on 6 -- 8 December 1985 and was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh , Maldives , Pakistan and Sri Lanka , the kings of Bhutan and Nepal , and the prime minister of India . signed the SAARC Charter on 8 December 1985 , thereby establishing the regional association , and established study groups on the problems of terrorism and drug trafficking , as well as planning a ministerial - level meeting about GATT , and a ministerial - level conference on increasing the participation of women at the regional level . The summit also agreed to establish a SAARC secretariat and adopted an official SAARC emblem . </P>
who participated from nepal at the time saarc was first established
who participated from nepal at the time saarc was first established
president
president