Tashkent Declaration

Tashkent Declaration
Muhammad Ayub Khan and Alexei Kosygin at Tashkent during the Tashkent negotiations
TypePeace treaty
ContextIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Signed10 January 1966; 58 years ago (1966-01-10)
LocationTashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Mediators Alexei Kosygin
Signatories Lal Bahadur Shastri
Muhammad Ayub Khan
Parties
LanguageEnglish, Urdu and Hindi

The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Peace was achieved on 23 September through interventions by the Soviet Union and the United States, both of which pushed the two warring countries towards a ceasefire in an attempt to avoid any escalation that could draw in other powers.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The 1965 war". BBC News website. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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