analyze the circumstances that led to the tashkent agreement in 1966.discuss the highlights of the agreement
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Tashkent agreement was signed between India-Pakistan post 1965 war. India won the war decisively.
This agreement which was brokered by USSR and signed between the India and Pakistan at Tashkent.
Highlights of the agreement are
1. Restore normal and peaceful relation between India and Pakistan
2. Reaffirmation from both the sides that under UN charter through peaceful means the existing issues will be solved.
3. Non-interference in the internal matters.
4. If there are matters of direct concern then a meeting at the highest level will be called and they will be discussed.
In this agreement Pakistan wanted to reopen the question of accession of Jammu and Kashmir by India. But India never allowed. Despite India being on the winning side it could have solved the Kashmir problem permanently. India also succumbed to the USSR pressure.
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