<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Flag of Sri Lanka </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Flag of Sri Lanka </Td> </Tr> <P> The first summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 6--8 December 1985 and was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the prime minister of India . signed the SAARC Charter on 8 December 1985, thereby establishing the regional association, and established study groups on the problems of terrorism and drug trafficking, as well as planning a ministerial - level meeting about GATT, and a ministerial - level conference on increasing the participation of women at the regional level . The summit also agreed to establish a SAARC secretariat and adopted an official SAARC emblem . </P> <P> The second summit was held in November 16--17 Bengaluru, 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 south Asian association of regional cooperation. Rajeev Gandhi prime minister that time. 1986 </P>

Who participated from nepal at the time saarc was first established