Abstract
Liaquat Ali Khan’s visit to USSR was initiated, proposed, accepted but not honoured. Liaquat Ali Khan was invited by the ultimate approval of Joseph Stalin, brokered by Pakistan ambassador: Raja Ghazanfar Ali in Tehran through Soviet Embassy. Between June 1949 to October 1951 it did not take place. Liaquat Ali Khan visited USA in May 1950, a successful visit, but Moscow remained unvisited. It threw cold water on Pakistan-Soviet relationship by putting the former a dependent periphery ally on US military, economic and political support in the years to come. In wider analysis the visit to Moscow should have taken place for balanced and co-existent foreign policy of Pakistan with major and regional powers, but it unfortunately did not. It dimmed the prospects of good relationship with Moscow in years to come.
Keyword(s)
Liaquat Ali Khan, Stalin, Truman, invitation, Moscow, proposed, extracted, distracted