Prime Minister Indira Gandhi warned people against the danger of war looming large on India’s borders. She said “dangerous reports” from across the border aroused the suspicion that some plan was being contemplated against the country.
Pakistan will not allow any temporary setback in Indo-Pakistan ties owing to current difficulties caused by Indian “interference” in its internal affairs to come in the way of the ongoing process of normalisation of relations between the two countries, according to President Zia-ul-Haq.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi made an impassioned plea for complete disarmament and urged the creation of an “international order, where power is tempered with compassion, knowledge and capability are at the service of all humanity.
Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan and his cabinet resigned as a ceasefire co-sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia halted Lebanon’s three-week-old civil war.