RAWALPINDI: President Nixon yesterday [Feb 1] asked the new Pakistani envoy to the United States to inform `your Prime Minister that my Government and my country continue to regard your Government and your people with unswerving friendship and sympathy`.
He was replying to the address made by Sahibzada Yaqub Khan when he presented his credentials... . ... The US President while paying tributes to Mr Bhutto said: `We have long admired men and nations which prevail over adversity. In this spirit, we look with continuing admiration on the many accomplishments which have marked the last two years in Pakistan, under the skilful leadership of your Prime Minister. You have turned despair into bright hope. The effects of war have been overcome. Democracy has been given new life and the ravages of a disastrous natural calamity have been met. ...
He added: `You come to us at a great moment in history. ... [W]e are encouraged by the warm friendship which we share with Pakistan.` News agencies