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CHRONOLOGY
SEPTEMBER- NOVEMBER 1983
PAKISTAN
September : 1 Addresssing the UN Security Council Pakistan's
Ambassador to the United Nations, S. Shahnawaz stated that Chad was
a victim of external intervention and it ivas imperative that the
people of that troubled land should be allowed to choose their own
leaders and system of government.
King Hussein, after an overnight stay in Islamabad, left for
Beijing.
A number of Indian newspapers, including some which support
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, severely criticised her for a
statement about the political situation in Pakistan.
September 2: On the conclusion of his six day state visit to
Turkey, President Zia-ul- Haq stressed the need for closer
cooperation and collaboration between the two countries in the
economic and cultural fields.
An 1 1 member delegation of the Pakistan-China Friendship
Association, arrived in Beijing, on the invitation of the Chinese
Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
September 3: In a joint communique issued simultaneously from
Ankara and Islamabad, at the conclusion of President General
Zia-ul-Haq's official visit to Turkey, it was stated that the two
sides had agreed that the Afghanistan problem could be solved only
through a political settlement based on the principles enunciated
in the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the Organization
of Islamic Conference.
President Zia- uUHaq arrived in Jeddah enroute to Pakistan after
an official visit to Turkey.
In an emergency session of the UN Securiry Council, Pakistan's
Ambassador S. Shahna- waz expressed "deep anxiety" over the
reported downing of a South Korean airliner and asked the Soviet
Union to shed "greater light" on the event.
September 4: In a meeting in Jeddah with Saudi King Fahd,
President General Zia-ul-Haq
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discusseci bilateral relations and reviewed important
international issues.
September 5 : Addressing a press conference in Islamabad
President Zia ul Haq said that his Government had sufficient proof
to Indicate that it was not one particular country but there were
others also who were involved in providing financial help and
encourage- ment to elements which were engaged in destroying peace,
law and order in Sind in the name of restoration of democracy.
September 7 : The Federal Minister for Finance and Commerce Mr.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan arrived in Tehran, at the head of an off cal
delegation.
September 8 : Addressing a press conference in Lahore President
Zia-ul-Haq disclosed that the general elections would be held much
before March 1 985 - as against his earlier announcement on 12th
August.
Commenting on a statement issued by a spokesman of the Indian
Foreign office, a spokes- man of the Pakistan Foregin office
expressed surprise at the attempt by the Indian Mi- nistry of
External Affairs to transfer blame on Pakistan for the recent
setback, "to the process of normalization" of relations between the
two countries .
September 12 : During a visit to Tehran by the Pakistan Finance
Minister Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the two countries agreed on the
establishment of a comprehensive Joint Minis- terial Commission, to
promote cooperation in economic, commercial, scientific and
cultural spheres.
The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation and the Iraqi Broadcasting
and Television Establi- shment signed an agreement in Islamabad,
for cooperation in the field of broadcasting.
September 15 : In a press release in Karachi , the Indian
Embassy refuted press reports which alleged that there was a large
scale dumping of Indian money and arms in Sind.
During a brief stop over in Karachi, enroutefrom Kathmandu to
Dharan, King Birendra of Nepal and his royal consort Queen Lakshmi
Devi were accorded a warm welcome.
September 17: In an interview in Islamabad, before his departure
for New York, to represent Pakistan at the current UN General
Assembly session. Foreign Minister, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan stated
that he would take up the Afghanistan problem with the United
Nations Secretary General and his personal representative in order
to move forward towards seeking a peaceful settlement of the
Afghanistan issue through indirect negotiations.
The visiting Somalian agricultural delegation led by the
Agricultural Minister, Brig. General B. Le Rafle Guled called on
President Zia-ul-Haq in Rawalpindi.
September 20 : The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sahabzada Yaqnb
Khan held talks with the UN Secretary General Javier Perez de
Cuellar on the items on the agenda of the General Assembly session,
including the Afghanistan question.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the Pakistan Foreign
Secretary, Niaz-A- Naik stated that following ten violations of its
air space by Afghan aircrafts on 18 and
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1 9 September, Pakistan had warned Afghanistan that a
"repetition could lead to serious consequences for which the blame
would rest entirely on Afghanistan".
At a press ference in Islamabad the Pakistan Foreign Secretary
disclosed that the developed states ftad not responded positively
to the suggestions of the last Non Aligned summit to hold informal
talks between the leaders of the developed and the Third World
states, on the issue of breaking the deadlck on the global
negotiations concerning the international economic situation.
Pakistan and Somalia signed an agremht in Islamabad for mutual
co-operation in various disciplines of agriculture.
September 22 : Acordfng to reports, the US administration had
notified Congress of its decision to sell Harpoon missiles to
Pakistan.
According to the 1 India Radio Indian Premier Mrs Indira Gandhi,
during her talks in Nicosia with the President of Cyprus, Mr
Kyprianou discused the situation in neigh- bouring countries and
reiterated India's concern over events in Pakistan.
September 23: Kuwait daily A / Rai a / Aam, commented that
India's general policy and basic strategy towards Pakistan was to
keep it in a state of weakness.
The Iranian Charg'd Affair in Islamabad, Mr Ibrahim Rahimpur
condemned the bombing of a Pakistani village near Para Chinar by
Afghan aircraft as an act of "wanton aggres- sion".
September 24: The Pakistan Firtance Minister Mr Ghulam Ishaq
Khan in his capacity as Chairman of the Joint Development Committee
conferred in Washington, with the World Bank President Mr A. W.
Clausen, and the Managing Director of the Interna- tional Monetary
Fund, M. J. De. Laostere on the major items on the agenda of 21-
member panel scheduled to meet shortly.
The Foreign Ministers of Pakiistan and Argentina discussed a
number of key interna- tional topics, including the situation in
Latin America, at the United Nations Head- quarters.
September 25. Inaugurating conference in Karachi, President
General Mohammed Zia ul Haq assured foreign entrepreneurs that
their investments will be fully protected by Pakistan.
Talking to newsmen in Karachi, President Zia ul Haq emphatically
denied the granting of military bases in Pakistan to the United
States
September 26 ; In an official hand out issued In Islamabad*
Pakistan once again urged the Government of India, in the interest
of promoting; mutual confidence, understand- ing and cooperation,
to observe the principle of non interference in the internal
affairs of Pakistan, in letter and spirit.
A two day conference on investment opportunities in Pakistan
ended in. Karachi by
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identifying 18 projects fr possible join ventures, between
Pakistan and Arab inves- tors. . >
A letter of intent was signed in Karachi, for the setting up of
two joint ventures bet- ween a Kuwaiti and a Pakistani investment
company in cattle breeding and farming and liquid sugar.
September 27 : A warm reception and later send off, were given
to the Jordanian Roal couple, King Hussein Bin Talal and Queen No
ul Hussein during their brief stop over at the Karachi airport,
enroute to Jordan.
The leader of the visiting Egyptian agricultural and scientific
delegation, Dr Mohammad Ali Maghazi, stated in Multan, that his
team's tour of Pakistan was aimed at the promotion of cooperation
and knowledge of research among the agricultural experts and
scientists of Pakistan and Egypt.
September 28 . The visiting Chief of staff of the US Air Force,
General Charles A. Gabriel, met the Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
Committee, General Mohammad Iqbal Khan in Rawalpindi.
It was reported that the Pakistan Foreign Minister had held a
meeting with the US Secre- tary of State, Mr George Shultz and the
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference, Mr
Habib Chatti, at the United Nations Headquarters.
September 29 : According to reports Pakistan's Foreign Minister
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan conferred with heads of delegations of
Austria, Canada, Turkey, Iraq, Indonesia, Bangla- desh and
Kuwait.
President Mohammad Zia ul Haq extended felicitations to
President Numeiri of Sudan, on the promulgation of Islamic laws in
the country.
It was reported that a large section of public opinion in
Tlndia, continued to criticise the Indian ruling elite and some
elements in the Congress party for magnifying the incidents in
Sind, in complete disregard of the international principles of non
interference in other countries internal affairs.
September 30 : The United States Defence Secretary, Caspar
Weinberger arrived in Islam- abad on a three day official
visit.
Addressing the IMF-IBRD Governor's annual meeting in Washington,
Pakistan Finance Minister Ghulam Ishaq Khan, called on industrial
nations to use their economic power for the collective good of the
world community, rising above narrow self interest and launching
bold and generous initiatives.
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According to Moscow Radio, The Pakistan Federal Minister for
Petroleum and Natural Resources, Rao Farman Ali Khan held talks in
b oscow with experts of the Soviet State Committee for Foreign
Trade Relations.
October 1 : The visiting US Defence Secretary, Mr Casper
Weinberger stated in Peshawar, that the United States would do its
best to ensure that the people of Afghanistan are successful in
their cause.
October 2: The US Defence Secretary stated in Islamabad that the
Reagan Administra- tion would make every effort to fulfil the
promised allocations under the military credit sates programme to
Pakistan.
October 3 : The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Sahabzada Yaqub
Khan exchanged views in New York with his Iraniah counterpart,
Akbar Ali Velayati on the situation in the region.
October 4 : In an interview to the newsmen accompanying the US
Secretary of Defence, in Islamabad, President General Zia-ul-Haq
said that Pakistan's relations with the United States were founded
on mutuality of perceptions, regarding the imperatives of peace in
the region.
President Zia-ul-Haq in an interview to foreign journalists,
reiterated that by March 1985 the entire process of handing over
power to the elected representatives of the people would be
completed in a peaceful manner.
Addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations the
Pakistan Foreign Minister reiterated his country's resolve to'
achieve a political settlement of the Afghanistan issue and to
improve the climate of relations in the South Asian region,
particularly with India.
October 5 ; An agreement providing for increased cooperation in
matters relating to flight safety and air traffic control was
signed in Islamabad, between Pakistan and the Chinese Civil
Aviation Authorities.
Addressing Foreign Ministers of the Non Aligned countries at the
United Nations head- quarters, the Pakistan Foreign Minister
stressed the need for the Non Aligned countries to establish a
climate of peace, mutual trust and cooperation.
The Government of Pakistan ctiveyed its grave concern to the
Government of India over demonstrations that were recently
sponsored and organised by the ruling Congress (I) Party, in front
of Pakistan's Embassy in New Delhi.
October 6 : Kuwaiti weekly 'At Mujtamah strongly criticisd
India's interference in Pak- istan's internal affairs.
Talking to newsmen in Islamabad on his return from Washington,
the Federal Minister for Finance and Commerce, Mr Ghulam Ishaq
Khan, said, that the major economic powers who wielded great
influence globally should use their position for the good of
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the world instead of resisting international reforms.
According to official reports, the Afghan Charg'd Affaires was
called to the Foreign Office in Islamabad and a protest was lodged
with him regarding the violation of Pakis- tan's airspace on 4
October by six Afghan aircraft in South Waziristan Agency.
It was reported that Pakistan's Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub
Khan held talks with top Reagan Administration officials in
Washington, on bilateral matters.
October 7 : It was reported that the Pakistan Deputy Permanent
Representative to United Nations, had rejected the allegation that
Pakistan's territory was being used for armed interference against
Afghanistan.
The US Defence Secretary Casper Weinberger told Foreign Minister
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan in Washington that he saw his visit to
Pakistan as "a significant development in our bilateral
relations".
It was reported that the two Indian weeklies Radiance and
Nasheman had slated Indian interference in Pakistan's internal
affairs.
In the Organization of the Islamic Conference's Committee on
Palestine, Pakistan pro- posed "a serious study" of the Israeli
moves in Africa where two nations- Zaire and Liberia had recently
reestablished diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
October 9: The Pakistan Government denied a Times (London)
report that the Indian government had accused Pakistan of training,
arming and financing the extremists in Indian Punjab.
The Pakistan Federal Minister of Industries Mr Elahi Bakhsh
Soomro, currently on a visit to Egypt, toured the industrial units
in Egypt.
In an address to the ministerial meeting of the Group of 77 in
New York, Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, S. Shah
Nawaz called for a change in the format of the ministerial meeting
of the Group which could lead to an action-oriented
declaration.
A 12 member South Korean delegation belonging to the "Soemaul
Undong" (Movement for Rural Development) met the Federal Minister
for Planning and Development, Dr Mah- bubul Haq in Islamabad.
October 10 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
introduced a draft reso- lution on the Afghanistan question at the
beginning of discussions among the Islamic Foreign Ministers
meeting in New York.
President Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq offered condolences to Mr Chun Doo
Hwan, President of the Republic of Korea, on the death of four
Ministers and a number of other senior members of his Government in
a bomb explosion in Rangoon.
According to BBC reports, the authorities in India had alleged
that the direct rule impos- ed in the Indian state of Punjab was
the result of 'interference' by Pakistan, which was
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encouraging the extremists in their demands for more religious
and political rights.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan held another
meeting with UN Secre- tary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, during
which they continued their discussion on the Afghanistan
question.
In a message on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with the
Political Prisoners of South Africa, President General Zia ul Haq
called upon freedom loving nations to sever all links with the
Pretoria regime and to adopt effective measures, including the
imposi- tion of sanctions, to bring the repugnant policies of the
illegal Government to an early end.
October 11 : A spokesman of the Foreign Office described as
totally false the allega- tions levelled by India that Pakistan was
providing arms assistance to the militants in East Punjab
(India).
The Commonwealth Secretary General, Shridath Ramphal, in a press
conference in New Delhi ruled out the discussion on the subject of
Pakistan's reentry into the Commonwealth at its forthcoming Summit
meeting in New Delhi.
The President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Dr Ahmad Ali
called on the Presi- dent General Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq in
Islamabad.
October 12 : Talking to newsmen in Lahore, the President of the
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) said that the Bank would be
providing US $ 68 million as financial help in terms of lease and
equity to Pakistan for the approved and on going projects.
October 13 : A spokesman for the Indian External Affairs
Ministry denied that India has any plan to attack Pakistan.
Addressing the 27th General Conference of the International
Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic
Energy Commission, Dr Munir Ahmad Khan described China's entry into
the International Atomic Energy Agency as a "historic event ' and
said that it has made the IAEA, truly universal.
A leading British newspaper advised the Indian Prime Minister,
Mrs Indira Gandhi, that if she wants to prevent a war with Pakistan
she should not look for weapons but should initiate effective
diplomatic efforts.
Speaking in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee the
Pakistan delegate voiced support for imposing mandatory sanctions
against the racist Pretoria regime and for redoubling efforts to
wipe out racial discrimination in South Africa.
October 15 : Speaking on "Security issues of South Asia" at the
Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Indian opposition
leader, Dr Subramaniam Swamy called for the implementation of the
South Asian security plan to prevent super power intervention.
At a news conference in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister, Mrs
Indira Gandhi blamed
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Pakistan for the deteriorating situation in the Indian state of
Punjab.
October 16 . In a press conference in Islamabad, the Indian
opposition leader, Dr Sub- ramaniam Swamy said that the Governments
of India and Pakistan should talk to each other to remove the
"unnecessary misunderstandings" which characterise the present
state of Indo- Pakistan relations.
Pakistan and Netherlands signed an agreement in Islamabad, under
which Netherlands would make available to Pakistan DFL 48.1 million
(approx Rs. 216 million) during the year 1983.
October 18: Pakistan's representative to the General Assembly's
Third Committee pledged his country's support to people deprived of
their legitimate and recognised right to self determination. He
also drew attention to the "unresolved question of Jammu and
Kashmir".
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations'
European Offices in Geneva, rejected as "gratuitous" a Soviet
statement made in the General Assembly's main com- mittee, which
expressed concern over what Moscow claimed were prospects of
Pakistan acquiring nuclear weapons.
Comoros' Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Trade
Said Kafe, called on the Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan at
the Foreign Office in Islamabad.
October 19 : Comoros' Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation
and Trade called on the President Mohammad Zia ul Haq.
October 20 : A joint communique issued at the conclusion of
Comoros' Foreign Minister Said Kafe's official visit to Pakistan,
stated that a Pakistani delegation would shortly visit the Comoros'
Islamic Republic to identify the possible areas of cooperation
between the two countries.
Pakistan and the US signed an agreement in Washington providing
for the sale of Ameri- can Harpoon missiles to Islamabad.
A nine member Iranian shipping delegation led by Mohammad Souri
Managing Director of the Iranian Shipping Line (IRISH) arrived in
Karachi to explore ways and means to promote shipping between the
two countries.
Talking to PTV representative during a day long stopover in
Karachi, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr Wu Xueqian stated that
China fully supports the position taken by the Pakistan Government
for an early settlement of Afghanistan issue.
The European Common Market sources in Brussels disclosed that
European Community preparations for a new trade and aid pact with
Pakistan have reached the final stages.
Pakistan's representative to the General Assembly's Economic
Committee, made a fervent appeal to the developed countries to join
hands with the developing nations in initiating
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a meaningful "dialogue" on world economic problems.
It was reported that the Prsident of the "Republic of Khalistan"
in a signed statement issued from his Berkshire camp office
(London) said that Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indi- ra Gandhi had
wrongly accused Pakistan of helping the Sikh agitation and the
"Khalsa" movement.
October 21 : Pakistan alongwith other Islamic and Non Aligned
States as well as socia- list countries voted against the Norwegian
motion in the General Assembly, which called for a halt to debate
Iran's formal challenge to Israel's membership of the United
Nations.
Pakistan's delegate in an address to the General Assembly's
Special Political Committee, called upon the United Nations to
combine peace-keeping with peace-making in a bid to solutions to
problems threatening international peace and security.
October: 22 In an interview with PPI in Lahore, the Indian
Ambassador to Pakistan Mr K. D. Sharma expressed hope for
normalisation of ties with Pakistan.
In an interview to the Far Eastern Economic Review President
Mohammad Zia ul Haq said that Pakistan was not willing to accept
super power domination and that was why pressure was being applied
on the present regime with regard to foreign affairs.
In an interview with the Washington Post Pakistan Foreign
Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan denied that there was any question of
striking a deal to get Afghan refugees out of Pakistan without the
withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, S. Shah Nawaz in
his address to the General Assembly called for determined steps for
disarmament "to break the vicious circle of international tensions
and arms race that fan each other".
October 23: A loan of $ 51.5 million has been sanctioned to
Pakistan by the World Bank, for an oil and gas exploration
project.
While overflying Pakistan territory, the Prime Minister of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr Hossein Moussavi conveyed a message of
good will and friendship to President General Zia-ul-Haq.
October 24 : Pakistan's delegate introduced a draft resolution
to the General Assembly's third committee, under which the General
Assembly would call on states to cease milit- ary intervention and
occupation of foreign countries.
Pakistan's delegate to the General Assembly's Decolonisation
Committee called for effective measures to eradicate economic
exploitation and apartheid in Southern Africa.
October 25: Addressing a function held jointly by various United
Nations agencies in Pakistan to mark the 38th anniversary of the
founding of the United Nations' Organiza- tion, President
Zia-ul-Haq declared that Pakistan would continue to uphold the
principles enshrined in the United Nations' charter.
The Government of Pakistan lodged a protest with the Indian
Government against con- tinuing violation by India of the
universally recognised principle of non interference in the
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internal affairs of states.
Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Pakistan - Sweden Trade and
Industry Committee, the Ambassador of Sweden in Pakistan Mr Sten
Stromholm said that Sweden and Pakis- had a lot to offer to each
other in a number of fields and stressed the need for explor- ing
the possibilities of increased economic cooperation for mutual
benefit.
A member of the British Parliament Lord Graneborne and the
Chairman of the Afghan Support Committee Lady Rose Ceicil called on
the President General Zia-ul-Haq in Rawalpindi. October 27: In a
message issued on the occasion of the Week of Solidarity with the
Namibian people, President Zia-ul-Haq called upon the international
community to take concerted action to force the Pretoria regime to
implement the UN decisions regarding the independence of
Namibia.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN, in an address to the Security
Council rejected South Africa's insistence on linking Namibian
freedom with the pull-out of Cuban troops from Angola and called
for sanctions against the racist regime if it does not comply with
the independence plan.
Speaking at the UN Security Council, Pakistan's Ambassador, S.
Shah Nawaz called for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign
forces from Grenada.
A Pakistan Embassy spokesman denied an Amnesty International
allegation that poiitical prisoners were tortured and executed in
Pakistan.
A Saudi daily A! Medina strongly criticised New Delhi for its
support to agitators in Pakistan and said that India had no right
to interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan on any
pretext.
In an address to the General Assembly, Pakistan's delegate
called for a political settle- ment of the Kampuchean question
based on the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from that South Asian
country. October 28 : The leader of the Pakistan trade delegation
in Washington, viewed that there was an immense scope for expansion
of trade between Pakistan and USA and all that was required in this
connection was intensive market research.
October 30: Speaking in the General Assembly's Budegtary
Committee, the Pakistan delegate called for providing the United
Nations with adequate funds to improve its capacity to preserve
international peace and security and to meet economic and social
developmental needs of its member states.
October 31 : The UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution
submitted by Pakis- tan, which contained a call for all concerned
states to cease immediately their military intervention and
occupation of foreign territories.
November 1 : Replying to a question in the Mejlis-e-Shoora the
Foreign Minister Sahab- zada Yaqub Khan denied foreign reports
alleging that Pakistan had conceded Gawadar port (in Baluchistan)
to a friendly country in lieu of promised military aid.
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A 3-member delegation of the Iraqi Ministry of Auqaf, arrived in
Karachi on a 4-day study tour.
November 2 : In an Indian Embassy press release in Islamabad,
the Indian Government rejected Pakistan's recent protest regarding
the World Sindhi Sammelan, saying that it was purely a cultural
event mooted long before the present political disturbances began
in Pakistan.
Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad at the conclusion of
a week long tour, the leader of the Japanese private investors
team, Shokei Kurihara, expressed satisfaction at Pakistan
government's guarantees regarding protection to foreign
investment.
In an interview published in the daily Indian Express ,
President Zia-ut-Haq said that it was possible that general
election to the National Assembly might be held ahead of the
previously announced dead line of March 1985.
November 3: Speaking in the Majlis- e- Shoora the Minister for
Planning, Dr Mahbubul Haq declared that Pakistan would go ahead
with its Chashma nuclear power plant with- out accepting any
outside pressure.
Speaking in a debate in the UN General Assembly's Legal
Committee, the Pakistan dele- gate said that restructuring the
world economic order will benefit all states both rich and
poor.
November 6 : Speaking in the UN General Assembly, Pakistan's
Additional Foreign Secretary called for allocation of more funds by
IAEA for technical assistance to the Third World and opposed an
increase in the safeguards expenditure.
November 7 : Winding up a two-day debate on external relations
in the MajUs-e-Shoora, Foreign Minister, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
reiterated that Pakistan would not recognize the Karmal regime in
Afghanistan.
It was reported that the Governments of Pakistan and South Korea
had agreed to estab- lish diplomatic relations between the two
countries.
It was reported that the Iranian Government had granted a five
year moratorium for the repayment of Pakistan's outstanding debts
amounting to $ 580 million. The loans were issued during the Shah's
rule.
Speaking in the UN General Assembly's Economic Committee
Pakistani delegate expres- sed serious concern at the sufferings of
Palestinians in the Israeli occupied area.
November 8 . Foreign Secretary Niaz A. Naik said that the
upgrading of Pakistan's rela- tions with the Republic of Korea
would in no way affect its traditionally close and frien- dly
relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
November 10 : An Indian Government spokesman in New Delhi
protested over the host- ing of a banquet by President Zia-ul-Haq
for the diplomatic corps in Gilgitt on 8 Novem-
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ber, as the town, the spokesman claimed was located in Kashmir,
which belonged to India.
Talking to newsmen in Islamabad (before his departure for New
York), Sahabzada Yaqub Khan expressed the hope that the resolution
on Afghanistan will be adopted by the UN General Assembly with a
big margin, like last year.
In the UN General Assembly, Pakistan introduced two draft
resolutions, proposing a Nuclear Weapon Fee Zone in South Asia and
security guarantees to non-nuclear-weapon states.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masao Fujika said in
Lahore that the Bank had agreed to provide a new loan of $ 140 for
the extension of the Guddu thermal power station.
Speaking in the UN General Assembly's Special Political
Committee, Pakistan s delegate called for steps to prevent an arms
race in outer space and said that space technology should only be
put to peaceful uses.
November 11 : The Commander of the Chinese Navy, Liu Huaqung,
arrived in Islamabad on an official visit to Pakistan.
Addressing the 22nd session of the general conference of UNESCO,
Mrs Attiya Inayat- ullah, the President's Adviser on population and
planning, expressed Pakistan's deep con- cern over the constant
danger of a systematic disfiguration and annihilation of Jerusalem
under Israeli occupation.
November 12 : Pakistan and China signed an agreement in
Islamabad, on mutual coope- ration in the field of education.
Speaking in the Majlis-e-Shoora, the Minister of Law and
Parliamentary Affairs, Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada said that India had
no Locus standi with regard to the Northern Areas, and the
statements by the Indian Government about the territory were
unwarranted and without legal basis.
November 13 ; It was reported that under an agreement signed in
Bonn on 26 October, the Federal Republic of Germany had made
available the biggest ever package of finan- cial aid in terms of
Deutsche Marks to Pakistan.
A Jordanian parliamentary delegation called on President
Zia-ul-Haq in Rawalpindi and exchanged views on matters of mutual
interest.
At a meeting in the UN for the relief of Kampuchean people,
Pakistan announced a con- tribution of $ 1 0,000.
An Oil and Gas Development Corporation press release disclosed
that the World Bank had agreed to lend US $ 51.5 million for
drilling six exploratory wells in gas proven areas in Pakistan.
November 14. Under an agreement signed in Islamabad, Japan will
extend 98 million
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yens (approximately Rs. 5 million) as cultural grant-in-aid to
Pakistan.
Pakistan and the United States signed a Rs. 66 million grant
accord in Islamabad for development support training.
A six-member Australian trade team called on President
Zia-ul-Haq in Rawalpindi.
November 16 : Talking to newsmen in Quetta, President Zia-ul-Haq
reiterated Pakistan's wish to have friendly relations with
India.
According to All India Radio , Mrs Indira Gandhi reiterated that
her government had circumstantial evidence of the involvement of
Pakistan agents in the recent disturbances in certain parts of
India.
The visiting Director of Asian Affairs in the West German
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Peckert, held talks with senior
Foreign Ministry officials in Islamabad.
November 17 : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $ 19.3
million loan for the expansion of gas facilities in Pakistan.
A Foreign Office statement issued in Islamabad called upon the
international community to appreciate the urgency of the Cyprus
problem and encourage efforts for the resump- tion of the internal
communal negotiations with a view to its peaceful resolution.
Speaking in a debate on the UN Relief and Works Agency for
Palestinian refugees in the Near East, the Pakistan delegate
reminded the world community of its ineluctable duty' to look after
the Palestinian people till a just and permanent solution is found
to their tragedy.
November 18 : Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN S. Shah Nawaz
urged the Security Council not to adopt a resolution condemning the
Turkish Cypriot Community whose cooperation was indispensable for
reestablishing the unity of Cyprus.
According to the Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi
expressed concern over what she described as Pakistan's stock
piling of sophisticated arms.
November 19 : Speaking in a debate in the UN General Assembly,
the Pakistan delegate said that mandatory sanctions were imperative
to eradicate the apartheid system in South Africa.
The third session of the Pakistan-Iraq Joint Ministerial
Commission began in Baghdad.
Inaugurating a six-day international conference on science in
Islamic polity in Islamabad, President Zia ul Haq emphasised the
urgent need for a comprehensive strategy, backed by united and
determined efforts by the Muslim world, for the renaissance of
science in Islamic society.
Talking to reporters in Washington, the Foreign Minister
Sahabzada Kaqub Khan said that
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the Indian leaders' recent statements amounted to intervention
in Pakistan's internal affairs.
November 20: Speaking in the UN General Assembly's Third
Committee, the Pakistan delegate emphasised the need for finding a
durable solution for refugee problems.
It was reported that Turkish and Pakistani entrepreneurs had
decided to set up a joint committee to explore fresh avenues of
trade and to promote economic collaboration bet- ween the two
countries.
The Federal Minister for industries, disclosed that this year
Pakistan's exports had increased by 14.3 per cent in terms of SDR,
despite the worldwide recession.
An Afghan SU-7 fighter aircraft landed inside Pakistan after its
pilot defected from Afghanistan.
November 21 : It was reported that President Zia-ul-Haq had
urged the Syrian Presi- dent to use his influence to bring an
immediate end to the tragic conflict in northern Lebanon.
Speaking in the UN General Assembly at the start of a debate on
Afghanistan, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan urged the great powers, to help
facilitate progress towards a settlement of the Afghan crisis. He
said that a reasonable time frame for the withdrawal of troops from
Afghanistan would give a decisive impetus to the UN diplomatic
peace process.
Pakistan and Somalia signed a memorandum of understanding in
Islamabad for strength- ening cooperation in the field of
information.
Speaking in the UN General Assembly's Legal Committee, the
Pakistan delegate said that the exercise of right within its
territory by a riparian state should not result in affecting the
flow of water in other riparian states.
November 22 . An official statement issued in Islamabad
dismissed as baseless a state- ment by Radio Moscow (on 10
November) which alleged that the US Mohawk aircraft which crashed
at Karachi airport sometimes back was using a US base in
Pakistan.
The Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt, Shafi Abdel Hamid,
arrived in Islamabad on an official visit to Pakistan.
November 23 : The UN Political and Security Committee adopted
two Pakistan draft resolutions concerning the establishment of a
nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia and for strengthening of
security guarantees to non-nuclear- weapon states.
November 24: Under an agreement signed in Islamabad, Norway will
provide Pakistan
about Rs. 80 million worth of triple super phosphate fertilizer
and Rs. 66 million worth of tele communication and power
transmission equipments for WAPDA as part of its 85 million Kroners
grant for 1984.
It was reported that the ADB would provide Rs 350 million for
milk plant schemes in the
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country.
November 25: Pakistan's Planning and Development Minister
Mahbubul Haq said in Seoul that South Korea will play a major role
in Pakistan's five year development programmes.
November 26 ; It was reported that the total expenditure for the
World Health Organiza- tion (WHO) financed programmes in Pakistan
for 1983-85 would be US $ 2,930,000.
November 28 : In a message issued on the International Day of
Solidarity with the Pales- tinian People, President Zia-ul- Haq
expressed deep concern over the prevailing plight of the
Palestinian people.
November 29 : Speaking at Karachi Press Club's meet-the-press
forum, the Indian Amba- ssador K. D. Sharma said that India had
proposed a six-point package to be considered by various
subcommissions (appointed under the Indo- Pakistan Ministerial
Commission) "to give meaningful practical content" to the relations
between the two countries.
Speaking in the UN General Assembly's Economic Committee,
Pakistan's delegate suggest- ed that multilateral channels of the
US system for technical assistance should discourage tied
assistance.
SOUTH ASIA AND THE FAR EAST
September 1 : It was reported that the Indian occupied Srinagar
police had arrested a large number of persons belonging to
different Muslim political parties.
In an official statement, the Indian Government claimed that the
it was scrupulously following India's traditional policy of non
interference in the internal affairs of other countries,
particularly in relation to its neighbours.
It was reported that an Indian opposition leader Dr Subramaniam
Swamy had urged the Indian Government to give up its obstructionist
attitude to Pakistan's reentry into the Commonwealth.
September 2. Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and the visiting
Jordanian King Hussein held a meeting in Beijing, in which the two
leaders exchanged views on bilateral rela- tions, the world
situation in general and the Middle East situation in
particular.
It was reported that in a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka's
northern and eastern pro- vinces, Tamil guerrillas shot dead a
politician belonging to the ruling United National Party (UNP).
September 3: The United News of India (UNI) reported that about
100 armed Sikhs clashed with police in the central Indian town of
Indore.
September 4 : According to BBC, four more opposition parties in
India had decided to
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form an alliance to contest next year's general elections.
The New China News Agency reported that China had teiterated its
plans to recover Hong Kong in 1997 and rejected as intolerable a
formula which would make a distinction between sovereignty and
administration over the territory.
Addressing a special session of the National Assembly convened
to debate the downing of the South Korean airline by Soviet
fighters in Seoul the Foreign Minister of South Korea. Le Bum Suk
accused the Soviet Union of staging a "show of strength".
Addressing a rally of freedom fighters in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chief Martial Law Adminis- trator, Lt. Gen. Hossein Mohammad Ershad
said that the Indian plan to build barbed wire fencing around
Bangladesh was a threat to the sovereignty of the country.
September 5 : It was reported that China had applied for
membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
September? : The United News of India (UNI) reported that Indian
Premier Mrs Indira Gandhi, in a letter to Pakistan President
Zia-ul-Haq, informed that her government had no desire to interfere
in Pakistan's internal affairs.
It was reported that twenty two political parties in Bangladesh
had announced that they would hold demonstrations against the
military government if it did not restore civil liberties by 30
September.
September 8 : It was reported that the Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Mikhail Kapitsa had arrived in Beijing for talks with his
counterpart, Qian Qicheny, on the improvement of Sino-Soviet
relations.
The Press Trust of india reported that at least 63 people were
injured in an anti-govern- ment demonstration in the northern state
of Punjab.
September 9 : According to reports four people were killed and
84 injured in the South Indian city of Hyderabad, during a day of
protest held by Muslims.
Addressing a public gathering in Srinagar the Chief Minister of
Indian-held Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah alleged that attempts were
being made by the Indian Central Government for toppling his
elected government and sabotaging the unity of his National
Conference Party.
September 10 : It was reported that vote on a resolution in the
Security Council, deplor- ing the destruction of a South Korean
airliner by the Soviet Union had been postponed until 12
September.
September 12 : According to Xinhua news agency, the visiting
Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Ali Akbar Velayati and Chinese Foreign
Minister Wu Xueqian held a meeting in Beij- ing, in which the two
counterparts expressed support for the Palestinian people and
advo-
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cated the strengthening of cooperation among countries of the
Third World.
South Korea, formally demanded full Soviet compensation for the
Korean Airlines Jumbo jet shot down by Soviet fighters.
According to reports about 100 people were injured in a clash
between Sikhs and police in New Delhi.
September 13 : The Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar
Kusumaatmaja disclosed that President Soeharto had turned down an
invitation from Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gan- dhi, to attend a
meeting of Non Aligned Heads of State in New York.
It was reported that a second visit to Sri Lanka by an Indian
special emissary had been postponed, at the request of Sri Lankan
President Jayewardene.
September 14 ; The Washington based " Aerospace Daily " reported
that India was deve- loping an air-launched, subsonic cruise
missile, capable of carrying conventional or nuc- lear
warheads.
According to reports the Soviet Ambassador to Japan, Vladimir
Pavlov refused to comply to the Japanese Government demand for
compensation to relatives of Japanese nationals killed in the
downing of the South Korean plane.
According to reports the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wu Xueqian
stated that his country would support Sri Lanka in the defence of
its unity and against any external interference.
According to reports China and Iran signed an agreement on
cultural, scientific and tech- nical cooperation in Beijing.
September 15 : It was reported that there had been a serious
clash in Srinagar between the supporters of India's ruling Congress
(I) party and the supporters of the ruling Natio- nal Conference of
held Jammu and Kashmir.
According to reports a curfew which was imposed in Sri Lanka in
July to quell ethnic violence between the majority Sinhalese and
minority Tamils had been lifted completely.
The US Embassy in New Delhi confirmed that US officials will not
participate in the World Energy Conference to be held in New Delhi,
due to India's refusal to grant visas to Israeli and South African
delegates.
September 16 ; According to reports the Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Mikhail Kapitsa left Beijing after an official visit to
China, during which he discussed ways of improving the long
strained relations between Beijing and Moscow.
According to reports, an anti -government demonstration was held
in Manila.
September 16 ; The official PTI news agency reported that the
Indian Foreign Minister Narasimha Rao arrived in Budapest for talks
on the recently concluded European Security
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conference in Madrid and the political situation in Asia.
It was reported that the Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro
Nakasone had denied local press reports that he might dissolve the
House of Representative (Lower House) this year.
September 17 : According to reports the Congress (Indira) Party
headquarters in Srinagar were attacked by a large number of workers
of Farooq Abdullah's ruling National Congress.
September 19 : It was reported that China had been admitted to
the World Energy Con- ference (WEC) shortly before the opening of
the 12th WEC meeting in New Delhi.
September 21 : According to reports China had expanded its
already tough conditions for a return to normal relations with the
Soviet Union to include the reduction of Rs 55.20 missiles deployed
in the Far East.
According to reports, India had signed a memorandum of
understanding in London, regard- ing the supply of defence
equipment and spare parts and the provision of technology and
training facilities over the next three years.
At least nine people were reported killed and about 80 wounded
in anti government demonstration in Manila.
It was reported that the Association of South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN) called upon Vietnam to pull out its troops from Kampuchea
"on a territorial basis".
It was reported that the Foreign Energy Minister had said in New
Delhi, that his country was cooperating with India at the highest
level to take advantage of opportunities offered by new technology
in the development of energy.
September 22 Sino-British talks on the future of Hong Kong
resumed in Beijing.
September 23 : Addressing a press conference in Jaipur, the
Janata Party leader and President of the Hind Mazdoor Kissan
Panchayat (HMKP) Mr George Fernandes, accused Prime Minister Mrs
Indira Gandhi of trying to topple Farooq Abdullah's Ministry in
Indian- held Jammu and Kashmir.
It was reported that preliminary talks had taken place between
India and the UK, in New Delhi, on a long term defence sale
agreement, under which the two countries would co-operate in
research and development as well as engaging in more traditional
sales and joint production contracts.
Speaking at the international conference on atomic energy in New
Delhi, the Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy commission, Dr
Anwar Hussain proposed that reprocessing of the atomic fuel should
be carried out under international supervision to ensure the elimi-
nation of the possibility of using the reprocessed atomic fuel in
atomic energy explosions. The Sri Lanka Parliament voted for the
extension of a nationwide state of emergency for
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another one month.
According to the diplomatic sources in Beijing, Chinese and
American officials in a meet- ing in Beijing, made sign if
icantprogress towards an agreement on civilian nuclear co-
operation.
According to the United News of India, about four people were
killed in a clash between Hindus and Muslims in the south Indian
city of Hyderabad.
It was reported that the two days negotiations between China and
Britain on the future of Hong Kong had ended in Beijing.
September 24: Nepal had made a formal protest to India about a
border incursion by Indians in which two Nepalese were killed.
The Press Trust of India reported that the death toll in two
weeks of communal clashes in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad
rose to 36.
September 25 . It was reported that Indian Premier, Mrs Indira
Gandhi made a brief stopover in Paris, for talks with French
President Francois Mitterrand on internatio- nal developments,
including the world economic crisis.
It was reported that following two weeks of clashes between
Hindus and Muslims curfew had been imposed in the south Indian town
of Hyderabad.
According to reports China was re-elected as one of the 33
member states of the Council of the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICNO) at the 24th session of its assembly in
Montreal.
The US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger arrived in Beijing
for a five day visit.
Addressing a public meeting at Pondicherry, a leader of Ambadkar
Peoples Movement Mrs Sonia Ambadkar demanded a separate homeland
for Harijans to protect them from barbarities, repression and
harassment in India.
September 26 : It was reported that police and troops were
manned check points at strategic locations in Manila where
opposition groups threatened to continue anti-govern- ment street
demonstration
According to official sources in Cairo President Hosni Mubarak
and Nepalese King Biren- dra held talks on Arab and international
problems, and on the reinforcement of bilateral relations between
the two countries.
Speaking at the Executive Committee meeting of the United
National Party, Sri Lanka President Junius Jayewardene stressed
that it had always been his Government's policy to treat all
citizens alike, regardless of their race, religion or caste.
September 27 : The state-owned Bangladesh Radio reported that
the leader of Bangla- desh, General Hossein Mohamad Ershad had
ruled out the possibility of lifting of Martial
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Law before general elections in 1985.
September 28: The Press Trust of India reported, that at the
start of a 24-hour strike called by India's Marxist- ruled West
Bengal state, 2 people were killed and several wounded.
Addressing the UN General Assembly as the chair-person of the
Non Aligned Movement, Indian Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi
backed the UN efforts to resolve the Afghanistan question.
It was reported that Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi
conferred with President Reagan in New York.
After meeting Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the US Defence
Secretary, Caspar Weinber- ger told newsmen, that his talks in
Beijing had been "very useful and positive" and that he envisaged
increased military cooperation between the United States and
China.
Hundreds of Sikhs staged an angry demonstration outside the UN
building when Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi was
addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the Non-Aligned
Movement.
September 29 : The Military Balance { 1983-84) issued by the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, disclosed that India
had embarked on ambitious plans to improve the quality of her air
force by turning both to the USSR (for Mig 23) and France (for
Mirage 2000).
It was reported that China staged a 60-minute display of
military fire power for US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger,
before the resumtion of talks on American aid to modernise China's
armed forces.
According to reports the British Minister of State for Defence
Procurement, Geoffre Pattie had confirmed that Britain was
discussing with India the possibility of the latter buying the
British Airborne Early Warning (AEW) System.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu
Xueqian blamed the two Super Powers, the United States and the
Soviet Union for most of the world crises.
September 30 : It was reported that atleast 12000 people held a
rally in Dhaka in defi- ance of martial law and called for an
immediate end to military rule in Bangladesh.
Hundreds of students were reported to have been arrested in
Kathmandu, as they were about to hold their National Union
convention.
October 1 : It was reported that four people were killed in a
clash between Sikhs and
police, in the troubled Indian state of Punjab.
At a luncheon hosted by the United Nations Correspondents
Association (UNCA), Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi accused
the West of "double standards" in its judge-
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ment of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The government controlled Bengali language daily Dainik Bang/a
reported that India was preparing to build border watch towers,
fitted with search lights and radio communication facilities within
five kilometres of the Indo- Bangladesh border.
Speaking on the occasion of 34th anniversary of founding of the
Peoples Republic of China, Premier Zhao Ziyang, stated that China
would continue to pursue an independent policy, while at the same
time it would strengthen unity and cooperation with other deve-
loping countries of the Third World.
According to an army spokesman in the Philippines, 35 government
soldiers were killed in an ambush by Communist guerillas on the
southern island of Mindanao.
October 2 : In an interview published in New Delhi, the Soviet
Power Minister, Mr Peter Neporozhny said that India would make a
mistake if it opted for a heavy water natural uranium reactor
because of the high cost of heavy water production and India's
limited reserves of natural uranium.
According to reports Philippines had suffered a capital flight
of $ 200 m ( 1 33 m) as a result of the instability which followed
the assasination of the opposition leader Benigno Aquino.
In an interview to the NBC TV, the Indian Prime Minister, Mrs
Indira Gandhi said that although India does not support the
presence of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, it also does not think
that Soviet troops in Afghanistan posed any threat to the security
of India or any other country in the region.
According to the Voice of America, hundreds of Japanese staged a
demonstration to register their protest against the visit to Japan
by a US aircraft carrier.
About 1 5,000 students staged a massive protest meeting against
Bangladesh's military government in Dhaka.
October 3: Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi arrived in
London from Washington.
October 4 : A Japanese Defence Ministry official told Parliament
in Tokyo that Soviet SS-20 missiles stationed in the Far East would
soon total 135. He further stated that Japan considered the steep
increase in the number of Soviet SS-20's in Asia as a growing
threat to its security.
It was reported that China had accused the British Government
leaders of creating pro- blems in talks on the future of Hong Kong
by making inappropriate remarks.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Thailand's Foreign Minister
Mr Siddhi Savetsila called on Vietnam to withdraw its troops from
the Thai- Kampuchean border and start negotiations towards a
peaceful political settlement.
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In a letter to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Jammu
and Kashmir Liberation Front called upon India to grant the right
of self determination to the people of the occu- pied state.
October 5 ; According to the official New China News Agency
(NCNA), China had ruled out any possibility of an independent Hong
Kong. The NCNA also attacked British Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher for seeking fresh pretexts to prevent Beijing regaining
sovere- ignty over the colony.
The Foreign Ministry sources in Dhaka disclosed that Bangladesh
had asked India to speed up the transfer of a land corridor which
will link Bangladesh with its two enclaves in the Indian Kooch
Bihar district.
The Government of President Ferdinand Marcos had devalued the
Philippines Peso by 21 .4 per cent against the US dollar.
The Indian Air Force had decided to further improve the Jaguar
fighter aircraft by the installation of a modern radar and a
futuristic navigation attack system.
October 6 : China and the Soviet Union began a new round of
talks in Beijing, which were aimed at improving relations between
the two states.
The Government of President Ferdinand Marcos took a series of
steps in an attempt to lessen political turmoil and economic
trouble in the Philippines.
October 7 : An anti-Marcos rally was held in Manila.
It was reported that China had attacked Britain's stance on the
future of Hong Kong by expounding the view that it had a right to
sovereignty over the British-held territories at "any time".
The Indian Government declared a "state of emergency" in its
troubled state of Punjab following the dismissal of the Congress
(I) government.
It was reported that the "All India Freedom Fighters
Organization" held a demonstration before the United States Embassy
in New Delhi to protest against supply of sophisticated arms to
Pakistan.
October 8 : Speaking on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of
the Indian Air Force the Indian Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief
Marshal Dilbagh Singh said that the Indian forces should be fully
prepared to meet any eventuality that might be forced on India.
It was reported that a conclave of 17 opposition parties in
Srinagar (held Kashmir) deman- ded a revision of the Indian
constitution and an end to the reign of the ruling Congress
party.
According to BBC reports an anti- Marcos rally was held in
Manila.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Nepal's Foreign Minister
Padma Bahadur Khatri
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sought support at the United Nations for his Government's
proposition that Nepal be declared a "zone of peace".
October 9 : The official Chinese news agency Xinhua launched its
strongest attack on Britain's negotiating stand over the future of
Hong Kong, claiming that Mrs Thatcher sought independence for the
colony.
It was reported that the Indian opposition leaders had accused
the Indira government of "hatching a conspiracy" against five
non-Congress (I) Ministries, indicating an emerging confrontation
between them and the central government.
According to South Korean sources a bomb explosion killed four
South Korean cabinet ministers and 1 2 other people at the martyr's
mausoleum in Rangoon, minutes before the arrival of the visiting
South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan.
October 10 : According to BBC reports, the Commission appointed
by Philippines Presi- dent Marcos to investigate the murder of
opposition leader, Mr Aquino, had resigned.
The Burmese Government set up a committee to investigate the
bomb blast in Rangoon,, that killed 19 people, including four South
Korean Ministers.
According to reports, opposition sources in India regard Prime
Minister Mrs Indira Gan- dhi's decision to impose direct rule on
the Punjab state as her last chance to avoid wide- spread bloodshed
between the Sikhs and minority Hindus in the area. They also said
that the action was an acknowledgement of failure in controlling
Sikh militancy.
October 11 : Speaking on the occasion of the annual Air Force
Commander's meeting in New Delhi, Indian Defence Minister
Venkataraman called on the Indian forces to be more vigilant in the
coming months to ensure the security of India.
The Press Trust of India (PTI) reported that at least eight
people had been injured in fresh violence in Punjab, where militant
Sikhs are campaigning for greater autonomy.
It was reported that the Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian
conferred with President Ronald Reagan and Vice-President George
Bush at the White House.
October 12 ; It was reported that the Soviet Union had firmly
assured India that it would supply the latest aircraft including
MIG-29, Fulcrum fighters and T-80 tanks to be follow- ed by
licensed production rights for the latest MIG-29.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that
North Korea had dismis- sed the South Korean charge that it was
behind the Rangoon bomb explosion in which four South Korean
Cabinet ministers were killed.
BBC reported that China had announced a big purge to expel those
members of the Communist Party, who were corrupt of politically
hostile to the leadership. It was reported that during the
Sino-lndian border talks in Beijing, China had rejected
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India's protest over an official Chinese report describing the
Indian Himalyan state of Sikkim as an independent nation.
October 13: It was reported that a General Assembly Committee
had accepted the credentials of the Kampuchean delegation led by
Prince Norodom Sihanouk despite a challenge by the Soviet
Union.
The Chinese Government officially informed a group of foreign
business leaders in Beijing that foreign businessmen could start
enterprises with their own exclusive invest- ment in China's
coastal areas where conditions permit.
October 14 : The National Assembly in Seoul in a resolution
strongly criticised Burma over the bomb attack in Rangoon which
killed five South Korean ministers and sixteen others.
Bangladesh and the African Republic of Djibouti decided to
establish diplomatic relations at the Ambassadorial level.
October 15 : A senior Foreign Ministry official in Seoul,
commenting on a North Korean threat that if US President Reagan
goes ahead with his visit to South Korea "he will not escape a
stern punishment'', expressed confidence that his government will
be able to protect President Reagan from any danger during his
visit next month.
North Korean authorities alleged that US aircrafts had violated
its airspace.
October 16 : It was reported that Mrs Indira Gandhi's Congress
Party in Indian held Kashmir had expressed gave concern over the
political and economic conditions of the state and had appealed to
the New Delhi installed state Governor B. K. Nehru to inter- vene
and take serious notice of the circumstances.
The former Bangladesh President and chief of the ten party
National United Front, Khondker Mushtaque Ahmed had demanded
general elections should be held in Bangla- desh by next March and
that martial law should be lifted.
It was reported that the Philippines opposition leaders had
rejected an invitation to take part in preparations for next year's
parliamentary elections and warned that they would boycott polls if
President Ferdinand Marcos stayed in power.
The President of the Chinese Nuclear Society Wang Gan Chang
stated in Beijing that China welcomes cooperation with other
countries in developing nuclear energy for peace- ful uses and
plans to import advanced equipment for large nuclear power stations
and technology.
October 18: Japan lodged a protest with South Korea over the
shooting at a Japanese unarmed trawler by South Korean coast
guards.
The Indian Express reported that the Indian Government had
decided to issue vis as to Israeli and South African delegates to
the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
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conference begining in New Delhi on 24 October.
The Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi had expressed
concern over the deteriorat- ing situation in the Indian state of
Punjab.
October 19 : According to BBC reports security troops had begun
their action against extremists in the Punjab and raids were being
carried out to track them down.
According to the All India Radio more than 20 policemen and many
civilians were injur- ed in Srinagar, in a clash between
demonstrators and security forces in Srinagar.
The North Korean Central News Agency monitored in Tokyo accused
South Korean troops of opening fire across the demilitarised zone
dividing the Korean peninsula.
October 20 : Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian stated in
Muscat that the root cause of the Middle East problems lies in
Israeli aggression and expansionism.
October 21 : The AH India Radio (AIR) reported that the Indian
Defence Minister Mr R. Vankataraman had stated that India would
have to be vigilant and remain in a state of preparedness to defend
its freedom.
The Japanese Government had lodged a protest against a Soviet
aircraft's intrusion into the Japanese air space over Hokkaido.
BBC reported that about 10 Muslim leaders had been detained in
occupied Kashmir for their alleged involvement in demonstrations
against the Indian Government during a recent one day cricket match
in Srinagar.
Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi rejected opposition
demands for more powers for Indian states and advocated a "strong
centre" for the country.
October 22: It was reported that the national executive of the
Bharatiya Janata Party expressed concern over a secret letter
written by the Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi to Soviet
President Yuri Andropov urging the Soviet Union to direct the pro
Moscow Communist Party of India to support policies and programmes
of her party.
October 23: According to an AIR report Indian railway
authorities had cancelled a number of passenger trains passing
through the Indian Punjab following a major train derailment in
which over 20 persons were killed and 130 injured earlier this
week.
In an open letter to Indian Premier Mrs Indira Gandhi, the
London-based Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, asked India to
quit the Indian-held state of Kashmir.
October 24: Reacting to a statement by Indian delegate S.
Ramachandren, Sri Lanka's Ambassador, Ignatius Fonseka, in the
General Assembly's Special Political Committee accused India of
supporting terrorism in his country.
October 25: BBC reported that the Jordanian Ambassador to India
had been shot at
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and seriously wounded by an unknown gunman near his residence in
New Delhi.
Inaugurating the annual conference of senior naval officers in
New Delhi, Indian Premier Mrs Indira Gandhi expressed concern over
the acquisition of sophisticated weapons by Pakistan beyond its
defence needs.
According to Bangladesh daily Ittefaq, India had asked
Bangladesh to repay with interest the outstanding amount of a
200,000 ton food loan given to meet a domestic food crisis in
1978-79.
October 26 . Speaking on the opening day of a General Assembly
debate on the situa- tion in Kampuchea, Kampuchean Head of State in
exile Prince Norodom Sihanouk accused Vietnam of systematically
colonising his country.
A Government spokesman in New Delhi told reporters that more
than 400 Sikh extremists were arrested in the past week during
raids by the police and para-military forces in which large
quantities of weapons were seized.
October 27 : The German Minister for Economic Cooperation
(Development Aid) Herr Juergdn Warnke stated in Beijing that West
Germany would continue to provide deve- lopment aid to China "as
far as possible".
Speaking at a conference of the senior officers of the Indian
Navy, the Indian Defence Minister Mr R. Venkataraman instructed the
Indian Navy to draw upa long term plan to modernise the Navy.
It was reported that the leaders of public opinion in India
continued to criticise the reck- less foreign policy of Mrs Indira
Gandhi's Government which had alienated almost all its neighbouring
countries.
October 28 . BBC reported that several political leaders had
criticised the statement of Bangladesh Head of State Gen. H. M.
Ershad that presidential elections would be held by the middle of
next year and that parliamentary elections would be held later.
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Kampuchea
submitted by the Associa- tion of the South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN) which called for a just and lasting settle- ment of the
Kampuchean question based on the withdrawal of all foreign forces
from the country.
October 29 : Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid llyichov and
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, completed in Beijing
their three week talks on ways of improving their countries' frigid
relations.
October 30 : All India Radio reported that the Indo-Chinese
talks ended in New Delhi, with an agreement to settle the boundary
issue.
October 31 : According to the official sources in New Delhi,
authorities in the northern state of Punjab arrested over 1,000
people, in a drive currently underway to check Sikh
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extremism
November 1 : The Indian police in the state of Punjab, disclosed
that about 1600 people had been arrested since the central
Government's rule was imposed on the state last month.
A six-hour strike was observed in Bangladesh. It was called by
22 political parties to press their five-point demand.
November 2: The Hungarian official news agency MTI reported that
the Soviet Union had asked Vietnam to improve relations with
Beijing.
The Government of Sri Lanka introduced new press censorship
laws, banning reports on terrorist activities and ethnic
unrest.
The Thai Government accepted the formal surrender of about 650
communists in the southern part of the country.
November 3 : China and Bangladesh signed a five-year agreement
in Dhaka for setting up a joint economic commission.
November 4 : On his return from his 11 -day visit to the US, the
Bangladesh Chief Martial Law Administrator Lt. Gen. Ershad warned
that his government would not allow "politics of violence and
destruction" to prevail in the country.
The Hindustan Times reported that 20 Naga rebels were killed by
Burmese villagers.
The BBC reported that the Japanese police had uncovered plans by
a left-wing group to raid the US Embassy in Tokyo and the American
naval base at Yokosuka during President Reagan's visit next
week.
November 5 : It was reported that about 100 people were arrested
in occupied Jammu and Kashmir following a strike call by Congress
(I).
The Burmese Government decided to break off diplomatic relations
with North Korea.
November 6 : Bangladesh military ruler General Ershad announced
that he would con- test in the presidential polls to be held next
year.
The Press Trust of India reported that curfew was imposed on the
town of Manu, in North India, after Hindu-Muslim clashes in which
several people were injured.
The BBC reported that the Indian Government's special emissary,
Mr Parthasarthy, had left for Colombo to act as an intermediary in
talks between Tamils and the Sri Lankan Government.
November 7 : A large rally organized by the Bangladesh
Nationalist Party was held in Dhaka to press upon the Government to
reestablish democracy and hold parliamentary polls by March
1984.
It was reported that the Chief Minister of the Indian held
Kashmir, Dr Farooq Abdullah
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had accused the Indira Congress of trying to topple his
government.
November 10 : In their meeting in Tokyo, US President Reagan and
the Japanese Premier Nakasone reaffirmed close defence and
political ties between the United States and Japan.
According to BBC, at least three bombs exploded in the Indian
state of Assam before the arrival of Mrs Indira Gandhi.
November 11 : The US Secretary of State George Shultz accused
North Korea of killing South Korean Cabinet Ministers in a bomb
explosion in Rangoon on 9 October.
November 12 : Addressing the South Korean National Assembly, US
President Reagan, renewed American security guarantee for South
Korea and urged North and South Korea to resume their suspended
dialogue on reunification. >v
i In its report, the Amnesty International accused the Indian
Government of repressing dissidents in various parts of India.
About 150 Palestinian students took over the Arab league mission
in New Delhi to pro- test against moves to topple PLO Chairman
Yasser Arafat.
November 13 : A Bangladesh- Bhutan joint communique issued at
the conclusion of an official visit to Dhaka by the Bhutanese
Foreign Minister Lyinpo Dhawater, called for the immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and
Kampuchea.
November 14 : In a nationwide broadcast Bangladesh military
ruler General Ershad announced the lifting of ban on all kinds of
political activity in the country. He reaffirmed that presidential
elections will be held on 24 May 1984 and elections to the
Parliament on 25 November 1 984.
Queen Elizabeth II of Britain arrived in Dhaka on a visit to
Bangladesh.
Chinese and British officials opened their sixth round of
discussions, in Beijing, on the future of Hong Kong.
November 15 : About 50,000 demonstrators in northern Philippines
called on President Marcos to quit.
The Japanese Government rejected the idea of a collective
security arrangement between the US, South Korea and Japan.
According to Thai military sources, troops of the ousted Khmer
Rouge regime had clashed with Vietnamese force in Kampuchea near
the eastern Thai border.
Bangladesh two main political alliances opposed to the Martial
Law Government rejected
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General Ershas election schedule.
November 16 : The BBC reported that a British firm had agreed to
provide a new com- mand and control radar system costing 9 million
for Indian Navy.
November 17 : The New China News Agency reported that China and
the Soviet Union had reopened a trade crossing post on their
border, closed in the 1970s.
Bangladesh military ruler General Ershad called on opposition
leaders to shun violence.
It was reported that an unprecedented gathering of all sects of
Hindus from all over India was held in New Delhi to protest against
the successful preaching of Islam among the Harijans.
Queen Elizabeth of Britain arrived in New Delhi.
November 18 : According to a BBC report, the Indian Government
will buy modern wea- pons worth about Rs 9.7 billion during this
financial year.
A Philippines opposition party called for a nationwide strike to
force President Ferdinand Marcos to resign from his post.
November 19 : Bangladesh and Zambia signed an agreement in Dhaka
on cultural, economic and technical cooperation.
November 20 : Bangladesh weekly Holiday, reported that India had
built seven observa- tion towers along the borders of
Bangladesh.
It was reported that more than 200 guerrillas operating in the
jungles of the Chittagong Hill Tracts had surrendered since the
death of their leader earlier this month.
According to a BBC report, Bangladesh's former President Abdus
Sattar revealed that he had been forced by the army officers to
hand over pcwer last year.
Canadian Prime Minister Perne Trudeau arrived in Dhaka on an
official visit.
The Indonesian national police chief disclosed that the ASEAN
countries had agreed to est ablish an ASEAN police secretariat to
monitor and coordinate law enforcement in the region.
November 21 : Bangladesh daily New Nation reported that a
Bangladesh Liberation Front had been set up in India demanding the
establishment of a new territory under the nomen- clature,
Banglabhumi , to accomodate expatriates from former East Pakistan
(Bangladesh).
Imelda Marcos, wife of the President of Philippines, resigned
from the Executive Commit- tee and said that she had no intentions
of running for the Presidency. A state-wide strike was observed in
the Indian state of Punjab against the killing of six Hindus,
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until 17 December.
The third meeting of the South Asian working group on regional
cooperation on tele- communications concluded in Islamabad.
Under three separate memorandums of understanding signed in
Dhaka, Bangladesh will receive a grant of approximately Canadian $
87.28 million from Canada.
The 10-party political front headed by Khondkar Mushtaque Ahmad
staged a demonstra- tion in Dhaka to protest against military rule
in the country.
November 23 : Reconciliation talks (conducted through Indian
mediation) between Sri Lankan Government and Tamil leaders conclude
in New Delhi without arriving at an agreement.
The Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Hu Yaobang arrived
in Tokyo for an eight-day official visit to Japan.
At the opening of the Commonwealth summit, the Indian Prime
Minister Mrs Indira Gan- dhi called for bridging the North-South
chasm.
The Indian security forces arrested about 100,000 members of
left-wing front during anti -government demonstrations throughout
Maharashtra state.
A US commerce Department official disclosed in Washington that
the United States had lifted restrictions on the export to the
Peoples Republic of China of high technology goods upto two billion
dollars.
November 26 : The Bangladesh CM LA General Ershad extended an
invitation to opposi- tion leaders to hold talks with him to ensure
the peaceful transfer of power.
November 27 : A new political party Jano Dal was formally
launched in Bangladesh. The party is intended to protect the army's
role in a future government.
It was reported that the PRC would supply advanced equipment to
Bangladesh to stren- gthen its naval force.
November 28' After a massive anti-government demonstration in
which 4 people were killed and atleast 200 injured, Bangladesh
military authorities re-imposed a complete ban on political
activities and clamped a 14-hour night curfew.
The Japanese Government dissolved the Parliament, to set the
stage for a general election on 18 December.
November 29 : Atleast 300 persons were arrested for violating
curfew in Dhaka. It was reported that protest against the
continuation of Martial Law had also spread to other cities in
Bangladesh.
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MIDDLE EAST
September 1 : Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhake Shamir succeeded
Prime Minister Mena- chem Begih, as chairman of Israel's Herut
(Freedom) Party.
In an interview with PPI in Lahore, the Mananging Director, of
daily Tehran Times stat- ed that Iran will not halt its war agjamst
Iraq at this juncture, and any decision would emerge from the
battlefield only.
It was reported that after furious clashes in West Beirut the
Lebanese Army was now in full control of the major points in the
area.
September 2 : The Egyptian Defence Minister Abdel Halim Abu
Ghazala left Cairo for talks in China and North Korea, to
strengthen military cooperation with the two states.
The Jordanian newspaper A I Dostour reported that orders had
been issued to the Ameri- can forces stationed in West Germany to
prepare three brigades for dispatch to Lebanon to reinforce the US
troops working with the multi-national peace force.
Speaking at the United Nations Conference on Palestine, being
held in Geneva, the Chair- man of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat accused the United States of
blocking all efforts by the United Nations to resolve the
Palestinian questions.
September 3 : It was reported that the Israeli army had begun
withdrawing some of its equipment from the Shouf mountains, south
of Beirut.
According to reports, the French government had officially
thanked Iran for the measures taken in dealing with the hijackers
of an Air France plane.
September 4 : Radio Israel reported that curfew had been imposed
on Al Khalil because of a bomb explosion on a former Jewish
hospital in the centre of the town.
Beirut Radio reported that the Lebanese Army had gained control
of a key junction close to Beirut Airport, after fierce fighting
with Druze gunmen.
In an interview to the French paper 'Le Journal Du Dimanche' the
Israeli Prime Minister- Designate Itzhak Shamir said that the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) must "disappear".
September 5 : It was reported that Iran's spiritual leader
Ayatollah Khomeini had called for the creation of an army composed
of "tens of millions of believers" ready to defend Islamic
countries from outside attack.
It was reported that in a message to the Arab League Secretaries
in Tunis, Syria had appealed to all Arab countries to renounce
diplomatic, economic, political and cultural ties with President
Gemayel s government in Lebanon.
September 7 : According to reports the French Government, in a
statement had threaten- ed to destroy artillery batteries which had
been bombarding its military positions in
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Beirut.
The Arab League Council held a meeting in Tunis to commemorate
the first anniversary of the massacre at the Palestinian refugee
camps of Sabra and Chatila in Lebanon.
Addressing a joint news conference at the Iranian Consulate
General in New Zealand, Imam Khomeini's representative Mohammed
Sharf Mujavi, reiterated that Iran would strictly follow a policy
of having no links either with the West or East.
The Iraqi news agency reported that the Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein had urged that the Non-Aligned Movement should make efforts
to end the Gulf War between his country and Iran.
The UN conference on Palestine, in Geneva, issued its final
declaration and programme of action.
September 8 : It was reported that about a hundred political
prisoners were on a hun- ger strike in a military jail in the
eastern Turkish town of Diyarbakir since 2 September.
The US Navy, for the first time since its arrival in Lebanon
attacked the artillery posi- tions of Druze militia.
September 9 : It was reported that a special Saudi envoy trying
to mediate in the Lebanon crisis left Damascus for Cyprus to hold
talks with Lebanese President Amin Gemayel's National Security
Adviser, Wadie Haddad.
Turkish Prime Minister Bulend Ulusu arrived in Singapore on a
two day official visit.
September 10 : According to reports about 2,000 Shiite Muslims
joined the Lebanese fighting against Phalangist militia in the
Shouf mountains.
September 12 : According to reports, Lebanese troops were
attacked on three fronts in a bid to keep them from deploying in
the Shouf mountain region, recently evacuated by Israeli troops.
Official sources in Lebanon accused foreign forces of launching the
attacks.
According to reports more US troops arrived at the coast of
Lebanon.
It was reported that the United Nations Security Council went
into an emergency ses- sion to discuss Lebanon's request for a
ceasefire in the war torn country.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Viliayati held talks in
Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Wu Xueqian.
September 13 : It was reported that the Lebanese Government had
rejected a Syrian peace plan and refused to move the army from the
Shouf mountains.
Radio Tehran reported that about 25 Iranians were injured in a
clash between Saudi
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Security forces and Iranian fundamentalists in Makkah.
September 14 : Beirut Radio reported that the Saudi mediators in
Lebanon had asked the United States for more time to achieve a
ceasefire in Lebanon, before US forces would take any action in
support of the government forces.
According to Tass reports the Soviet Union alleged that the
United States was planning a "military action against Lebanon".
September 15 : It was reported that the United States had
presented a formula to end the fighting in and around Beirut
between Lebanese forces and Druze militia.
According to BBC reports, the Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem
Begin had formally resigned from his office.
Radio Kabul reported that two US diplomats had been expelled
from Afghanistan on the charge of spying.
September 16 : According to reports, Lebanese warplanes attacked
several hundred Palestinian guerrillas trying to cross over a ridge
towards Beirut. During the encounter a Lebanese plane was shot down
and another hit by anti aircraft fire. Meanwhile the United States
announced that it was sending additional supplies of ammunition to
the Lebanese Army.
The United Arab Emirates news agency WAM repor