In international affairs, the leaders expressed their support for the People's Republic of China and Japan being admitted to the United Nations (see China and the United Nations)[2][1] and welcomed liberalization in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev hailing the "significant changes" in Soviet domestic and foreign policy as being positive steps for world peace.[1][3] British attempts to negotiate a diplomatic settlement over Greek and Turkish claims regarding the soon to be independent British colony of Cyprus were also discussed.[4]
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1956, commonwealth, prime, ministers, conference, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference was the eighth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1956 and was hosted by that country s Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden 8th Commonwealth Prime Ministers ConferenceHost country United KingdomDates27 June 6 July 1956CitiesLondonParticipants9ChairSir Anthony Eden Prime Minister Follows1955Precedes1957Key pointsBritish bases in Ceylon Cyprus Cold WarThe new prime minister of Ceylon Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike pressured Eden to remove British military bases in Ceylon Britain agreed to close the installations 1 In international affairs the leaders expressed their support for the People s Republic of China and Japan being admitted to the United Nations see China and the United Nations 2 1 and welcomed liberalization in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev hailing the significant changes in Soviet domestic and foreign policy as being positive steps for world peace 1 3 British attempts to negotiate a diplomatic settlement over Greek and Turkish claims regarding the soon to be independent British colony of Cyprus were also discussed 4 Participants EditNation Name Portfolio United Kingdom Sir Anthony Eden Prime Minister Chairman Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister Canada Louis St Laurent Prime Minister Ceylon Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike Prime Minister India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister Pakistan Chaudhri Muhammad Ali Prime Minister Rhodesia and Nyasaland Godfrey Huggins 1st Viscount Malvern Prime Minister South Africa Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Prime Minister 5 References Edit a b c St Petersburg Times Google News Archive Search Archived copy Archived from the original on 18 November 2015 Retrieved 19 September 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link The Age Google News Archive Search news google com Sarasota Herald Tribune Google News Archive Search 1956 The prime ministers of the Commonwealth attend a meeting at Number 10 Downing Street London Flickr Photo Sharing Flickr 27 June 1956 Retrieved 12 November 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers 27 Conference amp oldid 1127394993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
