UN General Assembly
1952

82. Members are aware of the fraternal bonds which now unite Greece and Turkey. It is not necessary to recall that these two countries were once engaged in hostilities which had been going on through the ages. It took only the enlightened determination of two great national leaders to transform these hostilities into trustful and fruitful collaboration. In order to arrive at this happy result, mutual sacrifices were made and traditional tendencies were readjusted. It sometimes takes more courage to make peace than to make war. The present Graeco-Turkish collaboration is not a matter of empty words, but a living: act of peace. 83. In this same sector of the Balkans, we may record further pacific achievements. In spite of their differing economic and social systems — and I stress this very important point — relations between Yugoslavia and Greece are developing in the direction of friendly cooperation. Does not this example prove that, whenever peoples choose the path of mutual respect and peaceful understanding, they are certain to arrive at satisfactory solutions of the differences which divide them?