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08/07/22 05:39 AM IST

Shimla Agreement

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  • The Shimla Agreement, completed 50 years, Signed after the Indo-Pakistan War that ended on December 16, 1971, following the Liberation of Bangladesh is considered a landmark agreement as it laid the blueprint for good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan.
Charter of Shimla Agreement 
  • Relations were to be governed by the principles and purposes of the UN Charter
  • Cooperative relationshipwith a special focus on people-to-people contacts.
  • To uphold the inviolability of the Line of Controlin Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Prevent hostile propaganda against each other and resolve issues through peaceful means and bilateral negotiations
  • Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of each other.
  • Peacefully, respecting each other’s sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and not interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
Source- PIB 

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