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RECORD OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE HELD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AT 1545 HRS ON 4 APRIL 1990
Present:
The Rt Hon Douglas Hurd, CBE MP Secretary of State for
Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
Mr R Peirce
Private Secretary
Mr Francis Richards
Head, South Asian Department
The President of the Republic of India and Shrimati Venkataraman
Shri Dinesh Goswami Minister of Steel and Mines, and Law and Justice
Shri Kuldip Nayar
High Commissioner for India
Shri P Murari
Secretary to the President
Shri I P Khosla
Additional Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs
Shri K V Rajan
Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs
Terrorism
1.
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After an initial exchange of courtesies, President Venkataraman said that terrorism was an international evil, and international cooperation was required to curb it. must find ways of extraditing terrorists without the need for formal extradition treaties. Terrorism and fundamentalism walked hand in hand. The Secretary of State agreed that cooperation was important, though it was not always so easy in practice. Our own cooperation with India was now going well.
India's Relations with Neighbouring Countries
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The President said that these were improving. He hoped that an agreement with Nepal would be reached within the next few weeks. India was asking nothing for herself - Nepal had everything to gain from good relations. Nepal's internal problems were, however, very serious; the country could not be spared the winds of change that were sweeping the rest of the world. The Nepalese people wanted a multi-party democracy, and the King would have to share his powers. India could not support him against the democratic movement. The Secretary of State agreed his problem was to make
enough concessions in time.
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