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...addition to the host, Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, the most influential voice at the conference was that of Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al Faisal. Arriving in Islamabad, Saud emphasized that the conference must take a strong line on the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, which he said "threatened the independence of Muslim countries." He urged Islamic states to break diplomatic ties with Kabul, boycott the Moscow Olympics and provide assistance to the refugees. In the end, those points were included in the resolution, though only as recommendations. The final vote of the foreign ministers...
...secretly engaged in building a uranium-enrichment plant capable of making atomic bomb materials. That cutoff was required under U.S. laws aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Furthermore, Washington has reason to worry about the longevity in office of Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. Ever since he seized power 18 months ago, Zia has been promising to hold general elections-and then changing his mind. His martial-law regime is repressive, unpopular and potentially unstable...
...Carter hope to befriend Pakistanis when he supports the regime of their Public Enemy No. 1, General Zia ul-Haq? It will be yet another folly on the part of Americans to seek a partnership with a military junta...
...Carter Administration, to become more amenable to U.S. efforts to protect them and help them put their houses in order. Perhaps the Saudis will be more receptive to American pressure for a crackdown on corruption, one of several slow-burning fuses in Riyadh. Perhaps Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq will allow the U.S. to push him more quickly toward restoring a broad-based democratic government...
...converged on New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who only three weeks before had swept to an overwhelming comeback victory in parliamentary elections. First to arrive was British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, fresh from two days of talks with Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq. Next Mrs. Gandhi met with Bangladesh's President Ziaur Rahman, U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing; this week Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and U.S. Special Envoy Clark Clifford are all to meet with Mrs. Gandhi. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko...