Male: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on September 22 remained non-committal on his attending the next South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) summit to be held in Pakistan next year.

"The dates for the next summit are being considered by us and we shall convey our views in due course," he said in an interview with members of Maldivian media.

Asked about his vision for South Asia, he said it was one of harmony and prosperity with all its states at peace with each other, within secure border and "with problems of the past exchanged with promises of the future".

Stating that South Asia was a "development miracle waiting to happen", he said, "We must create an environment in which its full potential can be realised in a climate of understanding and co-operation."

To a query whether time was right to introduce a regional anti-terrorism pact involving the SAARC countries, he said there was a feeling that the SAARC Convention on Suppression of Terrorism needed to be updated. India has also proposed that a ministerial-level meeting should be convened to discuss the issue of terrorism, he added.

PTI