CHAD: NEW PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT TOMBALBAYE -- PROMISES TO DEVELOP CLOSER RELATIONS

Record ID: 442071

  • Title: CHAD: NEW PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT TOMBALBAYE -- PROMISES TO DEVELOP CLOSER RELATIONS
  • Date: 30th June 1973
  • Summary: 1. GV EXT. Building 0.05 2. GV Arrival of Ambassador Ashani 0.11 3. SV INT. Tombalbaye 0.18 4. MV Mr. Ashani 0.24 5. SV Tombalbaye replies 0.32 6. SV Ashani & Tombalbaye talking 0.42 7. SV EXT. Ashani leaving & into car 0.58 Initials SGM/1353 SGM/1347 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th July 1973 13:00
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  • Location: Fort Lamy, Chad
  • Country: Chad
  • Reuters ID: LVA1QFYOGITNXXK21Z2W5Z9RYKYF
  • Story Text: Pakistan's new representative in Chad, Ambassador Ashani, formally presented his credentials to President Francois Tombalbaye in the capital, Fort Lamy, on Wednesday (June 27). He promised he would develop closer relations between the two nations as an example of Asian-African co-operation.

    President Tombalbaye, in reply, said the relations between Chad and Pakistan were oriented towards the peaceful co-existence of nations, big or small, as according to the charter of the United Nations.

    SYNOPSIS: In a ceremony at the Chadian capital, Fort Lamy, on Wednesday, Pakistan's new representative in Chad, Ambassador Ashani, presented his credentials to President Francois Tombalbaye.

    President Tombalbaye, who has acquired a reputation among African diplomats as one of the major French-speaking African statesmen, is keen to develop relations with other third-world nations. Presenting his credentials, Ambassador Ashani promised to develop closer relations between Chad and Pakistan. In reply, President Tombalbaye said their relations were oriented towards the peaceful-co-existence of nations, big or small, as according to the United Nations charter.

    Ambassador Ashani also reminded President Tombalbaye that Pakistan aligns itself with the Arab cause in the Middle East problem. Chad, which also aligns itself with the Arab nations, broke off diplomatic relations with Israel last November.
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