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TO GO WITH INDIA-PAKISTAN-CHINA-SAARC-DIPLOMACY-FILES, FOCUS BY CLAIRE COZENS (FILES) In this photograph taken on November 26, 2014, the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani (L), the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina (2L), the Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay (3L), the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (4L), the President of Maldives Abdulla Yameen (4R), the Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala (3R), the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif (2R), and the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) stand at the start of the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu. India's new leader travelled to a regional summit in Kathmandu bearing lavish gifts as he seeks to counter a growing Chinese influence made easier by the bitter rivalry between India and Pakistan. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Narendra Shrestha/FILESNARENDRA SHRESTHA/AFP/Getty Images

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