UN General Assembly
1956

67. The Albanian Government has welcomed the liberation and independence of such friendly countries as the Sudan, Morocco and Tunisia and their admission to the United Nations. The Albanian people has traditional links of friendship with the Arab peoples and with all the peoples of the Near East and the Middle East. The Albanian Government feels it would be desirable to renew and consolidate these friendly links for the common good and for the cause of peace. 68. With the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China and the other peoples’ democracies, the People’s Republic of Albania maintains very dose relations of friendship and multilateral co-operation, founded on the just principles of equality, mutual respect for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, of noninterference and fraternal co-operation and assistance. In the future too, my country is resolved to develop and consolidate these friendly relations, which represent an element of prime importance for the safeguarding of its independence and future development.