SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES LEADERS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN WILL USE OCCASION OF SAARC MEETING IN COLOMBO TO RESUME POLITICAL DIALOGUE
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SG/SM/6655
SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES LEADERS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN WILL USE OCCASION OF SAARC MEETING IN COLOMBO TO RESUME POLITICAL DIALOGUE
19980728 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:The forthcoming Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), to be held in Colombo from 29 to 31 July, provides an excellent opportunity for a meeting on the sidelines between the leaders of India and Pakistan. The Secretary-General hopes that they will take this opportunity to lessen tensions in the region and resume a political dialogue in which to address all their differences. He also hopes both countries will find it possible to join the overwhelming majority of the international community in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and in future steps towards nuclear disarmament and the prevention of nuclear proliferation.
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