Nehru facilitated Austria’s emergence as neutral country, says Chancellor

Though Austria had a provisional government by the end of World War 2, it was occupied by France, the Soviet Union, the UK and the US, or the so-called Allied powers, after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. New Delhi: The role of India’s first premier Jawaharlal Nehru in complex negotiations that facilitated Austria’s emergence as a neutral and independent country in 1955 was highlighted by Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer at a media interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.