A day after the MEA announced that India will not attend the 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad in November this year, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Bhutan have made their stand clear, saying the atmosphere in the region was not conducive for talks to go on. Sources have told The Indian Express that Bangladesh on Tuesday wrote to the SAARC chair Nepal expressing their apprehension about the proposed summit in Islamabad. “The growing interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by one country has created an environment which is not conducive to the successful hosting of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad in November 2016. Bangladesh as the initiator of the SAARC process, remains steadfast in its commitment to regional cooperation, connectivity and contacts but believes that these can only go forward in a more congenial atmosphere. In view of the above, Bangladesh is unable to participate in the proposed summit in Islamabad,” the letter to Nepal read.