Word: bangladesh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three-day summit of Islamic-nation leaders. Despite the religious auspices of the meeting, one of the principal topics would clearly be what happens next on the peace negotiations. As the conference got under way late last week, it could already claim one major achievement: Pakistan officially recognized Bangladesh, its former eastern wing, which broke away...
India was less pleased, though, with Bhutto's declaration to the United Nations last week that Pakistan would oppose the admission of Bangladesh until all Pakistani prisoners of war are returned. Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh accused Bhutto of making "a crude attempt to nibble" at the agreement signed by India and Pakistan last month for the exchange of all prisoners except 195 charged with war crimes...
...Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who held the weakest cards, felt it necessary to shore up his own political foundations at home before risking domestic disfavor by dealing with his country's enemies. In the end, he acquiesced almost totally to a joint proposal offered last April by India and Bangladesh...
...addition to ending the suffering of countless people, the agreement will have far-reaching political consequences. Pakistan has pledged to recognize the independence of its former eastern wing, thereby clearing the way for Bangladesh to become a member of the U.N. some time this fall. Hopes are high that disputes over national debts incurred before the breakup can now be quickly resolved and that a mutually beneficial economic relationship between the countries can be reestablished. For its part, India is relieved of the $1,000,000-a-month burden of maintaining the prisoners...
...Pakistan's closest ally, China has withheld recognition of Bangladesh, and last year used its veto in the Security Council to deny it U.N. membership. Some sources in Dacca now believe that Peking will recognize Bangladesh even before Pakistan does. That would allow the Chinese to recover a profitable market for their manufactured goods-and offset the favorable impression that Moscow made in Bangladesh by its postwar relief efforts...