asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether, in view of the uneasy truce between India and Pakistan following the Tashkent Agreement, he will take the initiative in bringing these countries together to settle outstanding problems and to promote peace and disarmament.

In the view of Her Majesty's Government the improvement of relations between the Governments of India and Pakistan is primarily a matter for those Governments. It is Her Majesty's Government's hope that the two Governments will be able to hold further meetings for this purpose as envisaged in the Tashkent Declaration.