(29 Mar 1980) India's Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi and Palestine Liberation Organisation's leader Yasser Arafat last week agreed that any solution to the Afghanistan problem could only be achieved through political and diplomatic measures and not by military confrontation. The two leaders met during Arafat's two-day official visit to India shortly after New Delhi granted full diplomatic recognition to the PLO. Although the talks between Mrs Gandhi and Yasser Arafat covered a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, the main topic of discussion remained the Palestinian question. The Indian premier reitarated her country's continued support for the Palestinian cause and expressed the hope that the PLO leader's first visit to India would "prove to be another milestone in Indo-Palestinian and Indo-Arab friendship". Speaking at a reception given in his honour, Yasser Arafat recalled the long-standing relations between India and the Palestinians, saying that they went "deep and deep into history" and expressing the hope that they will continue "in the future to resist imperialism and colonialism". Throughout his stay, Yasser Arafat was given a warm welcome and a large crowd of students, chanting pro-PLO slogans, had gathered outside the Palestinian offices in New Delhi to cheer Arafat when he arrived for a press conference at the end of his visit.
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