NEW DELHI: The Lord Chancellor of the U.K. Lord Mackay now here heard from Prime Minister Rao a brief enunciation of the Governments Stand on Indo-Pakistan problems including Kashmir What Rao said was not original but revealed New Delhi’s
Current concerns that Pakistan had to end its help to militants in the valley if its relations with India were to improve.
Terrorism figured in their talks at some length with the Lord Chancellor citing the recent ratification of the Indo-British treaty on extradition as an example of their cooperation in dealing with this menace. He noted with satisfaction the excellent state of bilateral relationship in its entirety particularly in the economic field. The five-time increase in British investment in India last year was seen as a good augury for future economic cooperation. These successes were ascribed to the visit here earlier this year of the British Prime Minister John Major and to the Indo-British Partnership Initiative. Raos trip to the U.K. stated for March next year it was felt would carry this process farther
Rao evinced keen interest in Majors recent initiative on Northern Ireland. The working of the legal system especially its delays and other imperfections and the consequent loss of its credibility also figured in their discussions.
Lord Mackay arrived in Bangalore on December 28 for a five-day visit to India
Article extracted from this publication >> January 7, 1994
