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dated September 22, 1955: PM's assurance to Laos

Prime Minister Nehru has said that India looks upon Laos not only as an old friend, but as a friend of today and expressed the hope that the contacts between the two countries would grow closer to the advantage of both. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a banquet given by him at Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 20 in honour of Prince Savang Vathana, Crown Prince of Laos, and Princess Savang, said that at present responsibility had been cast upon India to be of some service to Laos. "I hope that we have endeavoured to discharge that responsibility to the best of our ability and attempted to bring about a peaceful solution of the many problems that confront Laos and the other States of Indo-China." Mr. Katay Sasorith, Prime Minister of Laos, the Vice-President, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, and the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. G.V. Mavlankar, were among those present.

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