Fresh start? India and Pakistan

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Both Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif and India's current government, led by Deve Gowda, appear to be seeking a thaw in relations. Indian foreign minister Kumar Gujral and his counterpart in Pakistan, Gohar Ayub Khan, plan to meet in Apr 1997 to discuss a possible transition toward peaceful coexistence.

Asia, Deve Gowda, H.D.D.

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Thawing out the Indian subcontinent

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Preliminary working groups from India and Pakistan are now studying ways to lower border tensions in Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, and at the Siachen glacier. However, new Indian prime minister Inder Gujral must explain the provocative recent positioning of Prithvi missles in Punjab.

Military aspects, Kashmir (Region), Gujral, Inder

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Pakistan: looking north

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Nawaz Sharif, prime minister of Pakistan, is promoting economic relations with Central Asian nations formed put of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Pakistan has also recently changed its policy on Afghanistan.

Commonwealth of Independent States, Muslims, Muslims in Pakistan

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Subjects list: International relations, Pakistani foreign relations, Indian foreign relations, India, Pakistan, Sharif, Nawaz
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