China, Pakistan and Bangladesh have formed a nexus and are trying to create a regional grouping to replace Saarc, which includes India as a member. 

The three plan to get other South Asian nations to become part of the grouping. 

Saarc activities came to a halt after India boycotted the summit in Pakistan over the Uri terror attack.

Pakistan and China are working to create a new regional bloc to replace Saarc, in which India was a prominent member. 

The talks on the regional bloc between Islamabad and Beijing are at an advanced level, according to a report in The Express Tribune of Pakistan.

Bangladesh too was part of the recent meeting to create the new regional bloc that was held in China's Kunming on June 19, according to the report.

The ultimate goal of the meeting in Kunming on June 19 was to invite other South Asian countries, which were part of Saarc, to join the new grouping,Karachi-based The Express Tribune reported.

The meeting in Kunming followed a similar China-Pakistan-Afghanistan trilateral held in May, which focused on expanding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and enhancing regional collaboration in the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate.

Source: Indiatoday