পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯৫৮

930 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ সোভিয়েত প্রতিনিধি মিঃ জ্যাকব মালিকের জাতিসংঘ ডকুমেন্টস ৪ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ বিবৃতি STATEMENT BY MR. JACOB MALIK, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S.S.R. DECEMBER 4,1971 We cannot fail to express profound concern and alarm in connexion with the problem which is before the Council at today's meeting and which is the subject of its pre-occupations. We have profound respect for both India and Pakistan. We have developed, we are developing, and we shall continue to develop, friendly relations with both these countries, countries which are worthy of all respect. We are proud that it was precisely the Soviet Union which, some time ago, when in the Indo-Pakistani sub-continent a threat of conflict emerged after a serious clash had arisen between these two countries friendly to us, became the mediator. It was precisely the Soviet Union and the head of the Soviet Government that applied all efforts to see to it that, in Tashkent, an agreement could be achieved between the two parties, thereby averting in the Indian subcontinent the serious threat of war at that time. We are proud of the fact that the Tashkent spirit has gone into history as one of the noble efforts of the Soviet Union, of the Soviet people, of the Soviet Government, to help find ways to settle the sharp difference that had arisen between the two States of the Indian sub-continent, that could have resulted in an outbreak of war. In view of those facts, any chatter about social imperialism is playing into the hand only of the imperialists. It is precisely chatter, prattle and demagogy about social imperialism that will defend imperialism and its policy of aggression, that will defend the policy of establishing military aggressive blocs, and drawing numerous countries, including Pakistan, into them. It defends military dictatorship, terror and oppression. It defends the crushing of democracy and of the forces of democracy. It assists those who are fighting against national liberation movements. Interested in peace and tranquility throughout the world, including the Indian sub-continent, the Soviet Union has objectively and impartially approached the consideration of the situation that has been produced there. What is the cause of the situation which as I have already pointed out, has been acknowledge by nine Members of the Security Council to be a deteriorating situation? Who would be so bold here at this able to say that the deterioration in the situation occurred only on 3rd December, and that before that everything was good and prosperous? I take it that not a single one among those present here would be so bold as to say precisely that. That is why the attempt on the part of certain speakers to close their eyes to the past, to what has been taking place since the beginning of this year, specifically since March of