<h1>Cross-border terrorism hindering regional dialogue as Pakistan's actions stall SAARC meetings and connectivity efforts and influence.</h1> Efforts to sustain SAARC dialogue and convene key meetings are impeded by allegations that Pakistan is sponsoring cross border terrorism and by its obstruction of trade and transport connectivity, leaving the 19th SAARC Summit (postponed in 2016) unconsensed. India remains a SAARC member, monitors developments affecting national interests, and pursues regional engagement through BIMSTEC while noting reports of a China-Pakistan-Bangladesh trilateral meeting described by Bangladeshi officials as not aimed at any third country.