Representatives of more than a score of countries and high officials of the Indian Government, the ruling Congress Party and the Socialist Party attended a reception given here tonight by the Israel delegation to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It was the first official reception ever held by Israel in India’s capital and it indicated that Israel is not without friends in this huge Asian nation, politics to the contrary notwithstanding.
The hosts at the affair were Zeev Sharef, Israel’s Minister of Commerce and Industry who heads his country’s delegation to UNCTAD and Ambassador Michael Comay who is serving as floor chairman of the Israeli delegation. Among the notable present were Dr. Chandrashaker, Indian Minister of Health.
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