UN General Assembly
1956

157. These guiding principles of the foreign policy of the People’s Republic of Romania correspond to the profound aspirations of the Romanian people and its national interests. The People’s Republic of Romania looks upon the liberation movement among the peoples of the colonial and dependent countries with deep sympathy and understanding. This attitude has a profound historical explanation. In the still recent past, the people of Romania went through bitter experiences; when their country was kept in an economically retarded state and their national wealth was exploited for the profit of the great world monopolies, while Romanian Governments changed incessantly according to the interests of a few great Western capitals, and Romania was dragged into military adventures which bore no relation to its national interests.