Editing Tashkent Declaration (section)

==Background==
The meeting was hosted by the [[Soviet Union]] in the city of [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic|Uzbekistan]], from 4 to 10 January 1966 in an attempt to create a more permanent settlement between the warring sides.<ref name="MapsOfIndia"/>

The Soviets, represented by Soviet politician [[Alexei Kosygin|Aleksei Kosygin]], moderated between Indian prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and Pakistani president [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Muhammad Ayub Khan]].<ref name=RB>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/history/2016/01/12/at-tashkent-soviet-peace-over-india-and-pakistan_558665|title=At Tashkent, Soviet peace over India and Pakistan|last=Bratersky|first=Alexander|date=12 January 2016|access-date=24 July 2020|language=en-US|website=Russia Beyond website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1968-2/third-world-friendships/third-world-friendships-texts/tashkent-declaration/|title=Tashkent Declaration|date=2015-09-01|work=Seventeen Moments in Soviet History|access-date=2018-01-10|language=en-US}}</ref>