UN General Assembly
1976

194. In the course of the year which has just finished Turkey, for its part, has undertaken all the initiatives it could in order to contribute to the establishment of conditions favorable to a new climate in international relations. In the two parts of the world which form its region, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, my country has renewed with almost all of its neighbors the existing good neighborly relations by forming closer ties with them both in the political domain and in that of economic co-operation. I think I can say that the countries of that region, because of those relations of good neighborliness and collaboration which they pursue and develop resolutely, make an important contribution to the maintenance of peace. 195. Alongside these efforts which we must make with perseverance, efforts whose objective is to create and maintain international relations based on mutual respect, equality and the spirit of co-operation, several important questions in the economic field require today particular attention on our part.