Mrs Gandhi, Tito Against Force

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31110, 13 July 1966, Page 17

Mrs Gandhi, Tito Against Force

(N.Z.P.A. Reuter—Copyright) BELGRADE, July 12. The Indian Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, and President Tito of Jugoslavia have urged all peace-loving countries to join their effort to prevent a new catastrophe to humanity, it was announced in Belgrade today.

A joint communique on Mrs Gandhi’s two-day private visit to Jugoslavia said the Indian and Jugoslav leaders had expressed their deep concern over persistent use of force, interference and armed intervention in some parts of the world.

Mrs Gandhi and President Tito completed their two-day

talks last night on Brioni Island, the Jugoslav leader’s residence in the Northern Adriatic. The talks were held in an atmosphere of cordial frankness and full mutual understanding, the communique said.

Mrs Gandhi and President Tito believed that the policy of non-alignment, as an instrument of peace and peaceful co-existence, represented the sole alternative to war in the present nuclear age. “They have also expressed their deep concern over the persistent use of force, interference and armed intervention in some parts of the world, which represent a direct threat and danger of spreading further, and might cause a general world conflict,” the communique said.