UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 63 Date 30/05/2006 Time 9:39:29 AM S-0863-0004-22-00001 Expanded Number S-0863-0004-22-00001 Title items-in-Peace-keeping operations - India/Pakistan - press clippings Date Created 11/01/1966 Record Type Archival Item Container s-0863-0004: Peace-Keeping Operations Files of the Secretary-General: U Thant: India/Pakistan Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit End of Report United Nations - ARMS DafasefUNARMSDB NEW YORK TIMES, Tuesday, 11 January of Indian-Pakistani Declaration of Tasktei TASHKENT, U.S.S.R., Jan. the interests of the peoples Commissioner of Pakistan to The Prime Minister of 10 (.Reuters)—Following is the of India and Pakistan, were India will return to their India and the President ..of not served by the continuance posts and that the normal text of the Jndian-Pakistani\ Pakistan have agreed tB|aS&1 Declaration of Tashkent on the of tension between the two functioning of diplomatic the sides will continue me^tp ; withdrawal of troops, as distrib- countries. missions of both countries ings both at the highest and uted by Tass, the Soviet press It was against this back- will be restored. Both Gov- at other levels on matters .of? agency: ground that [the state of] ernments shall observe the direct concern to both coun-j Jammu and Kashmir was dis- Vienna Convention of 1961 on tries. Both sides have rectfg^' The Prime Minister of cussed, and each of the sides diplomatic intercourse. nized the need to set up joint India and the President of set forth its respective posi- The Prime Minister of India Indian-Pakistani bodies which Pakistan, having met at tion. and the President of Pakistan will report to their Govern- Tashkent and having dis- The Prime Minister of India have agreed to consider meas- ments in order to decide ' cussed the existing relation- and the President of Pakistan ures toward the restoration what further steps should be ship between India and have agreed that all armed of economic and trade rela- taken. •,)" ^Pakistan, hereby declare their personnel of the two coun- tions, communications as well The Prime Minister of In- ^firm resolve to restore nor- tries shall be withdrawn not as cultural exchanges be- dia and the President '.of ;mal and peaceful relations later than Feb. 25, 1966, to tween India and Pakistan and Pakistan record their feel- ^between their countries and the positions they held prior to take measures to imple- ings of deep appreciation and ;.to promote understanding to Aug. 5, 1965, and both sides ment the existing agreements gratitude to the leaders of ; and friendly relations between shall observe the cease-fire between India and Pakistan. the Soviet Union, the Soviet' v their peoples. They consider ; terms on the cease-fire line. The Prime Minister of In- Government and personajjv, the attainment of these ob- The Prime Minister of India dia and the President of Pak- to the chairman of the Coun- I jectives of vital importance and the President of Pakistan istan have agreed that they cil of Ministers of the i for the welfare of the 600 have agreed that relations be- will give instructions to their U.S.S.R. for their construc- | million people of India and tween India and Pakistan respective authorities to tive, friendly and noble part ' Pakistan. shall be based on the principle carry out the repatriation of in bringing about the present The Prime Minister of India of non-interference in the in- prisoners of war. meeting which has resulted and the President of Paki- ternal affairs of each other. The Prime Minister of In- in mutually satisfactory re- stan agree that both sides will The Prime Minister of In- dia and the President of Pak- sults. exert all efforts to create dia and the President of Pak- istan have agreed that the They also express to the i; good-neighborly relations be- istan have agreed that both sides will continue the discus- Government and friendly | tween India and Pakistan in sides will discourage any sion of questions relating to people of Uzbekistan their • accordance with the United propaganda directed against the problems of refugees and sincere gratitude for their Nations Charter. it the other country and will en- evictions of illegal immi- overwhelming reception and; They reaffirm their obliga- | courage propaganda which, grants. generous hospitality. tion under the Charter not to promotes the development of They also agreed that both They invite the chairman, have recourse to force and to friendly relations between the sides will create conditions of the Council of Ministers' settle their disputes through two countries. which will prevent the exodus of the U.S.S.R. to witness peaceful means. They con- The Prime Minister of India of people. They further agreed this declaration. sidered that the interests of and the President of Paki- to discuss the return of prop- THE PRIME MiNTis'-\5R .pp peace in .their region and par- stan have agreed that the INDIA. LAL,BAHADUR SHASTRI., erty and assets taken over by Jl Indian-Pakis- High Commissioner of India either side in connection with PRESIDENT rfrf. .'^XKIST^N,. deed. to Pakistan and tlie Hich the conflict. MOHAMMAD . AYiiB,. •• S3ii-i'^ '^P.JJ, \ Thursday, May 3,1973 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR A stake in the Persian Gulf Pakistan renews CENTO role By Qutubuddln Aziz taking part in their military ex- worth of sophisticated weapons from Special correspondent of ercises. President Bhutto had even the United States over the next few The Christian Science Monitor pledged in his party's 1970 election years under a long-term program of manifesto that he would quit CENTO modernization of Iranian defense Karachi, Pakistan and SEATO. forces. Pakistan appears ready to step up In a public statement early in 1972, its role in the Central Treaty Organi- however, he said he had revised his Arms sources zation (CENTO) as a result of its attitude towards CENTO in response Pakistan has recently been obtain- closer relations with Washington. to Iranian and Turkish advice and ing military supplies from Peking, Its increased interest in this 15- also because of India's friendship and the Chinese have been helpful to year-old U.S.-sponsored defensive al- pact with the Soviet Union. Sub- Pakistan in recouping some of the liance was affirmed by the participa- sequently, Pakistan was associated losses it suffered in the December, tion of Gen. Tikka Khan, chief of staff with CENTO'S 1972 military ex- 1971, war with India. But for a large of the Pakistan Army, in the two-day, ercises. (Last November, Mr. Bhutto range of sophisticated weapons and top-level meeting of CENTO'S Mili- did carry out his intent to quit SEATO spare parts, it has to look up to the tary Committee in Washington late in because, according to Pakistani offi- United States. March. Military chiefs of the United cials, it was no longer relevant to it in Pakistan officials say this is neces- States, Britain, Turkey, and Iran also view of the loss of East Pakistan.) sary to counterbalance Soviet sup- attended. plies of such equipment to India. They Never before had the head of the Relevance grows say that owing to Pakistan's limited Pakistan Army participated in the In Iranian and Pakistani eyes, resources it cannot build and main- deliberations of the CENTO'S Mili- CENTO has become more relevant tain a military machine to match tary Committee. than ever because the oil-rich Persian India's armed might, but what it now Informed sources say that one of Gulf is now a highly sensitive area of seeks to possess is a strong military the reasons which impelled President international attention and it lies deterrent to any potential Indian Zulfikar All Bhutto of Pakistan to within the CENTO canvas. The im- &>ttsick send General Tikka Khan to the portance of the Persian Gulf is ex- In their thinking, the United States important Washington meeting was pected to increase Immensely in view has begun to show a better under- the recent U.S. decision to ease its 15- of the worldwide energy crisis pre- standing of Pakistan's standpoint. month-old total embargo on the sale dicted for the 1980's. Islamabad was heartened by the of military equipment to Pakistan. Recent Soviet naval incursions into March 12 testimony of Joseph J. the Persian Gulf have not been Sisco, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Interest renewed viewed with equanimity either by the State for Near Eastern and South Pakistan first gave evidence of its United Arab emirates or by Iran and Asian Affairs, before a House foreign renewed interest in CENTO last sum- Pakistan. affairs subcommittee. He voiced sup- mer when President Bhutto sent a Pakistan has consistently endorsed port for ending the embargo on arms federal Cabinet minister, Abdul Hafiz the Iranian stand that the mainte- to Pakistan. Pirzada, to attend the London meet- nance of security and peace in the gulf ing of the Ministerial Council of the region is the responsibility of the It is not unlikely that at some stage, Alliance. littoral states without outside inter- CENTO'S Muslim partners - Paki- Up until then — and ever since the ference. Iran is wary of Iraq, a Soviet stan, Iran, and Turkey - may want autumn of 1965 when Pakistan got no ally, whose military muscle has been the alliance to have still more teeth. help from CENTO and SEATO in its strengthened by Russian 'military They are looking for an effective war with India — Pakistan had supplies. shield to maintain peace in the region downgraded the level of its represen- Both Iran and Pakistan are beefing and for preserving the security and tation in the meetings of the two up their armed forces.