NQ DATE
21 February 1973
CEASEFIRF AGREENEIRNT IN LAOS
0 The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator
Willesee, today welcomed the achievement of a ceasefire agreement
i n Laos. The Acting Minister recalled that the 1962 Geneva
Agreement on Laos, which Australia had supported, had not
succeeded in preserving peace in that country. He said that it
was Australia's earnest hope that this present agreement would be
fully observed and would lead to a durable political settlement.
Senator Willesee noted that the agreement in Laos,
following upon the recent ceasefire agreement in Viet-Nam,
represented another step towards the restoration of peac e
throughout Indo-China. It was to be hoped that a ceasefire in
the Khmer Re-public would not be long delayed.
Senator Willesee reaffirmed Australia's readiness to
assist generously in the peaceful economic reconstruction of all
the countries of Indo-China, and hoped that conditions on the
ground would soon nermit the formulation and implementation of
Australian aid programmes.
Whitlam, Gough
Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
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