UN General Assembly
1955

106. In this connexion, Mr. Bulganin, the Head of the Soviet Government, stressed the Soviet Union’s inflexible desire for the strengthening of peace among nations. The Soviet Government, he declared, had always advocated the peaceful coexistence of States irrespective of their internal regimes, the social and economic structure of any State being an internal matter to be decided by the people of that State. 107. Mr. Eisenhower, the President of the United States, to whose statements great importance was attached, spoke similarly of the need for creating an atmosphere of mutual respect and confidence in international relations. Referring to the relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, he pointed out that historically the peoples of the two countries had always lived in peace, that there were no territorial disputes or trade rivalries between them and that the American people wanted to be friends with the Soviet people.