Moscow to strengthen ties with Bangladesh
MARCH 20, 1972
BREZHNEV OUTLINES SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH ASIA
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev today affirms his country's desire for good relations with all sides on the Indian subcontinent. Moscow will continue to strengthen ties with Bangladesh, he adds. In a televised speech, the Soviet Communist Party general secretary says that Moscow's support for Bangladesh stems from the 'principled policy' of the Soviet Communist Party and state. "At the same time, we also stand for good relations with Pakistan, with which we have no conflict and conflicting interest," he adds. He also urges peace and good neighbourliness between Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
INDIRA'S SPEECH AT LOK SABHA ON BANGLADESH VISIT
India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today expresses the hope that the treaty of friendship, cooperation and peace signed between India and Bangladesh in Dhaka will lead to lasting peace and cooperation not only between the two countries but also in the subcontinent. She says this while laying the text of the treaty and the joint declaration signed between Bangladesh and India in the Lok Sabha today. The members of Lok Sabha greeted her statement with loud cheers.
Indira Gandhi lays special emphasis on the part of the declaration dealing with utilisation of water resources. She says, "I should like to invite the attention of the honourable members to that portion of the declaration which deals with the exciting prospect of harnessing the waters of Brahmaputra, Meghna and Ganges to the benefit of the two peoples."
88,000 BALES OF RAW COTTON TO BE IMPORTED
88,000 bales of raw cotton will be imported in the next two months from India, the Soviet Union and Brazil, to feed the textile industries of the country, informs Industries Minister Syed Nazrul Islam. He was speaking on the occasion of the re-opening of the Luxminarayan Cotton Mills at Godenail. He further says that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will shortly announce the new industrial policy embodying measures to eliminate monopolistic capitalism to bring about a socialistic economy in the country. The new labour policy will also be announced along with the industrial one, he adds.
It is reported that the Dhakeswari Cotton Mills have remained closed for the last two weeks due to non-availability of raw cotton.
BURMA-BANGLA DIPLOMATIC TIES AT EMBASSY LEVEL
The governments of the Union of Burma and the People's Republic of Bangladesh have agreed to establish diplomatic relations at embassy level, says a government handout.
SOURCES: March 21, 1972 issues of Dainik Bangla, The Daily Ittefaq, Azad, Morning News, The Bangladesh Observer and Purbodesh.
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