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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with the aim of promoting economic cooperation and alleviating poverty in South Asia. Members included Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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The second summit was held in November 17–18

Bangalore,India in 1986. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂.

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The third summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2–4 November 1987, and was attended by the Presidents of Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, and the kings of Bhutan and Nepal. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞.

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The fourth summit was held in Islamabad, Pakistan on 29–31 December 1988 and was attended by the presidents of Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, and the kings of Bhutan and Nepal.
𝐈𝐭  𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞", 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝", 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂-𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎-𝐀 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞" 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 "𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬" 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚.

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The fifth summit was held in Malé, Maldives on 21–23 November 1990 and was attended by the presidents of Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the king of Bhutan.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚-𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬), 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

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The sixth summit was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 21 December 1991 and was attended by the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and the king of Bhutan.[5]

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The seventh summit was held in Dhaka, on 10–11 April 1992 but was postponed and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the king of Bhutan in 1993.[6]

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The eighth summit was held in New Delhi, on 2–4 May 1995, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and the king of Bhutan.

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The ninth summit was held in Malé, on 12–14 May 1997, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the prime ministers of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the king of Bhutan.

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The tenth summit was held in Colombo, on 29–31 July 1998, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan.SAARC countries stressed for eradicating poverty and promoting joint collaboration.

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The eleventh summit was held in Kathmandu, on 4–6 January 2002, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.

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The twelfth summit was held in Islamabad, on 4–6 January 2004, and was attended by the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

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The thirteenth summit was held in Dhaka, on 12–13 November 2005, and was attended by the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Pakistan, the presidents of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and the king of Nepal and Bhutan attended the summit peacefully.

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The fourteenth summit of SAARC was held in New Delhi, India on 3rd-4 April 2007, and was attended by the presidents of Afghanistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka and the prime ministers Bhutan, INDIA, Nepal and Pakistan and the chief adviser of the government of Bangladesh. The summit stressed on improving intra-regional connectivity.

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The fifteenth summit of SAARC was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 1–3 August 2008. The issues discussed were regional cooperation, partnership for growth for the peoples of South Asia, connectivity, energy, the environment, water resources, poverty alleviation, the SAARC Development Fund, transport, information and communications technology development, science and technology, tourism, culture, the South Asian Free Trade Area, the SAARC Social Charter, women and children, education, combating terrorism, and the admission of Australia and Myanmar as observers.

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The sixteenth summit was held in Thimphu, Bhutan on 28–29 April 2010. Bhutan hosted the SAARC summit for the first time. This was marked the silver jubilee celebration of SAARC that was formed in Bangladesh in December 1985. Climate change was the central issue of the summit with summit's theme "Towards a Green and Happy South Asia".

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The 17th SAARC summit was held in November 10, 2011 in the South Province of Maldives. The theme of the summit was “Building Bridges”

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The 18th SAARC Summit was held at the Nepalese capital Kathmandu from November 26 to November 27, 2014 and was attended by the prime ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, and the presidents of the Afghanistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The motto was ‘Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity’. The legal permission on SAARC Satellite Scheme in this summit. The scheme will be developed in all member nations except Bangladesh and Pakistan.

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Pakistan was scheduled to host the 19th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Islamabad on 15 to 16 November 2016.

Following the 2016 Uri terror attack, India cancelled its participation in the 19th SAARC summit, alleging Pakistan's involvement in the terror attack.

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The 20th SAARC summit will be the 20th meeting of the heads of state or heads of government of the eight SAARC countries after their previous meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan was boycotted by all SAARC members.
Pakistan is aggressively seeking support from smaller South Asian nations to host the SAARC summit in Islamabad. Sri Lanka and Nepal have already shown support.
But analysts doubt India will agree as it holds Pakistan responsible for numerous terrorist activities.