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Fifty years ago Ceausescu welcomed

2025-04-14
KARACHI: President Nicolae Ceausescu was accorded a cordial welcome when he arrived in Karachi from Manila yesterday afternoon [April 13] on a two-day visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Six PAF jets escorted the Boeing 707 carrying the Romanian President and Madam Elena Ceausescu and their entourage. A 21-gun salute heralded the arrival of the Romanian Head of State ... who emerged from the plane wearing a navy blue suit followed by his wife who was attired in a white skirt with light blue spots. Simultaneously, a large number of people ... burst into cheers and raised welcome slogans.Staff reporter [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies fromPeking,] Chinatoday[April13]accused India of annexing the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim and made a fierce attack on the ugly expansionist features of the New Delhi Government. A commentary in the official `People`s Daily` said India had deprived the Chogyal of his authority at the point of a bayonet. `With deep indignation, the Chinese people strongly condemn this Indian action, it said. `The Indian expansionists ... have become more unscrupulous in recent years.