Kashmir Issue and Foreign Relations
Choose the correct description of SEATO.
- A. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, a Cold War-era military alliance of which Pakistan was a member from 1954 until its withdrawal in the 1970s ✓
- B. A marshland region along the Pakistan-India border that was the subject of a boundary dispute resolved by international arbitration in 1968
- C. A 1955 mutual security alliance involving Pakistan that was later renamed the Central Treaty Organization
- D. The military control line separating the Pakistani- and Indian-administered parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
Correct answer
A. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, a Cold War-era military alliance of which Pakistan was a member from 1954 until its withdrawal in the 1970s
Explanation
'SEATO' refers to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, a Cold War-era military alliance of which Pakistan was a member from 1954 until its withdrawal in the 1970s.