Question

Name the prime minister of the USSR who invited India and Pakistan in 1966 to Tashkent.

Options

• Lenin

• Kosizin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Breznov

Answer 1

Kosizin

Explanation:

The meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR (now Uzbekistan), from January 4 to 10, 1966, in an attempt to reach a more permanent settlement. The Soviet Union, represented by Premier Alexei Kosygin, served as a go-between for Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan.