The idea about the formation of RCD between three Muslim members of CENTO (Pakistan, Iran and Turkey) was first discussed in April 1964 in Washington. They decided to forge a new partnership without CENTO when they three countries were gone to attend the CENTO Council meeting. A joint statement by the three heads of States issued on 22 July 1964 in Ankara, named the new organization ‘Regional Co-Operation for Development’ and resolved that appropriate means should be adopted to set up co-operation ‘in all fields ‘in a spirit of ‘regional co-operation.’ It was decided to create three Ministerial Councils composed of Foreign Ministers and a Regional Planning Committee which will be consisted of the heads of these tri-national planning organizations a permanent Secretariat was later established at Tehran. A few months later president Cevdet Sunay said that Turku-Pakistani relations had reached a level for above that of alliances (Burke, 1973). The Secretariat was established in Tehran. The first Secretary General of RCD was an Iranian Dr Fuad Rouhani. It has often argued that the RCD was a result of disillusionment of three states with CENTO, through it is also considered by some to be the most satisfying and potentially the most faithful, partnership which Pakistan has so far forged with the Muslims countries. (Ziring, 1990) Tehran Meeting of RCD October 1964 During the meeting of Ministerial Council of RCD held in Tehran in October 1964 it was decided that the charges for telephone calls between the countries of the region be substantially>