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interests of the under-developed countries. Do you think there is any way of bringing the under-developed countries more into these discussions?

 The Prime Minister: We would only like tour interests to be guarded by these countries because if the division between the rich and the poor countries becomes sharper then I think it can only add to general tension in the world, which, in the long run will not be good for the richer countries either. And I don't think these floating currencies are very helpful. We would like to have a more stable situation.

 Question: Prime Minister, lastly could I return just to the situation in India and Pakistan and ask you how seriously you view the tensions between your country and your neighbor, Pakistan?

 The Prime Minister: I think that the more serious problem is not the confrontation on the border-I have come to this view only in the last few minutes I might and-but this constant effort of people in other countries to divert attention from what is the basic question, because that never solves anything. You can divert, you can find a temporary solution, but if there is an illness and you are not treating the cause of the illness, well, it recurs-and it can recur in a more violent form.

 Question: But how long do you feel then that this illness can go on without the situation sliding into something far more serious, even a war?

 The Prime Minister: Well, it is sliding into something more serious right now.

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 Question: Prime Minister, the mass migration of Pakistanis into India has received an enormous amount of world attention. What do you feel the choices facing India now are?

 The Prime Minister: The choices are extremely limited. The situation keeps on deteriorating, which will have very serious consequences on the Indian economy, on the stability, the security and even integrity of the country.

 Question: But as a result of your visit to Western Europe, do you feel that there is a possibility that the concern which nearly all countries have expressed for India, will be translated into action of some kind?

 The Prime Minister: Although people here are concerned, but Europe has always looked at the world from European cyes, whereas all the other countries of Asia and Africa, because of their own compulsion, their own problems, have to deal with them from the point of view of their own interest. Many European countries-not only European, other countries as well-have been trying to maintain what they call a balance of power on the sub-continent. I think this is a question not for me to answer, but for them to answer whether they think that an India which is weak, or not so stable, can serve any useful purpose for peace in Asia.