UN General Assembly
1957

117. Being firmly convinced that present circumstances are favourable, and that each Balkan State can make an important contribution, the Romanian Government has taken the initiative of convening a conference of the heads of Government of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia and Romania. The purpose of the conference would be to examine the possibilities of bringing about multilateral cooperation with a view to strengthening peace in the Balkans by the negotiated settlement of all outstanding problems, by the development of economic and cultural relations, by meetings between the leaders of the countries of South-East Europe, by exchanges of delegations, by exchanges of visits, and, in general, by any other means of contact and rapprochement between representatives of public opinion in the countries concerned. 118. If those countries were to make a solemn undertaking to abstain from all aggressive acts in their relations with each other, it would certainly constitute a guarantee of the security of their joint frontiers, and would create among them a climate of confidence.