U.K. And Italians Hope For Peace

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30738, 30 April 1965, Page 11

U.K. And Italians Hope For Peace

(N.Z.P.A.- Reuter—Copyright) ROME, April 29. Britain and Italy today jointly expressed the hope that a peaceful solution would be found for the Vietnam conflict and that the North Vietnamese and their partners would respond to recent initiatives to this end.

A joint communique, issued at the end of world-ranging talks between the British and Italian Prime Ministers, Mr Harold Wilson and Mr Aldo Moro, said: “They welcomed the possibility of a conference on Cambodia which could contribute to peace and stability in the area.”

On the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the communique said that the two Prime Ministers agreed in emphasising the great importance of maintaining the strength and cohesion of the Atlantic alliance.

“They agreed that in conformity with these aims their Governments would continue, together with other interested

Governments, the study of methods o’ developing nuclear interdependence within the alliance, including the proposals originally put forward in December, 1964, by the British Government for an Atlantic nuclear force,” the communique added. Mr Wilson and Mr Moro confirmed the importance which they attached to working to strengthen the ties between the six-nation Common Market and the seven-nation European Free Trade Association and to ••educe the divisions between them. Mr Wilson told Mr Moro of the initiative announced by the British Government with a view to bridging the gap between the two organisations and this was welcomed by the Italian Prime Minister, the communique said.