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decide their own development and to solve their home problems by themselves, without any outside interference.
the ambassador warmly praised the great development in recent years of the relations between the two parties, countries and peoples of romania and china. the recent friendly visit to the people's republic of china of the romanian party and government delegation, headed by the general secretary of the romanian Communist party and president of the state council, nicolae ceausescu, represented a historical moment in the development of the brotherly romanian-chinese relations, in the interest of the two peoples, of socialism, of the anti-imperialist struggle and of
.peace.
ambassador duma said: the romanian people wholeheartedly rejoice at the profound revolutionary transformations in all the fields of social life, at the great successes in the cause of building socialist society scored by the industrious and talented brother chinese people, under the Leadership of the communist party of china headed by chairman mao tsetung.
the ambassador emphasized: romania supports the just cause of the friendly chinese people to occupy her legitimate place in the united nations organisation and in other international organisations. the restoration of the Legitimate right of the people's republic of china in the united nations, the security council, in other international organisations and the expulsion of the chiang kai-shek elements is an imperative demand of international life.
our country spoke and speaks firmly for the restoration of the sovereign rights of the people's republic of china over its old territory
taiwan.
in his speech, acting foreign minister chi peng-fei, on behalf of the communist party of china, the chinese government and people, expressed warm festival congratulations to the romanian communist party, the romanian government and people.
he said: in the 27 years since liberation, the romanian people under the Leadership of the romanian communist party, persisting in the road of independence and initiative and displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance, have overcome 'numerous difficulties and achieved tremendous successes in socialist construction. at present, the romanian people are actively responding to comrade ceausescu's call for strengthening political and ideological work and are heightening their political consciousness and striving for the smooth fulfilment of the new five-year plan.
acting foreign minister chi peng-fei said: romania has firmly supported the three peoples of indochina in their war against u.s. aggression and for national salvation, consistently
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stood for equality between all countries, big or small, opposed the imperialist power politics and supported the people of various countries in their struggle against imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism. in his recent speech at constanta, comrade ceausescu pointed out, "an end must be put to the imperialist policy of strength, of dictate, and of intervention in the affairs of other countries". this just stand of romania has won the praise of the people of the world.
he said: at present, the world revolutionary situation is unprecedentedly fine. the development of the situation is as pointed out by comrade mao tsetung in his statement of may 20, 1970: "the danger of a new world war still exists, and the people of all countries must get prepared. bút revolution is the main trend in the world today." the three peoples of indochina have won great victories in their war against u.s. aggression and for national salvation; the revolutionary struggles of the people of various countries are developing vigorously with increasing momentum. imperialism is finding things tougher and tougher. wild scheme of u.s. imperialism for world domination has repeatedly been foiled, and the united states is in the grip of serious political, economic and social crises at home. however, the imperialists will never be reconciled to their defeat but will continue their trouble-making
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and sabotage and persistently push their policies of aggression and expansion, the u.s. aggressor troops are still hanging on in indochina and are still forcibly occupying our territory taiwan province. of late, those who pursue
a policy of hegemony are again creating tension in the balkans. they have repeatedly carried out military manoeuvres, making a show of force and bringing pressure to bear on other countries, in a wild attempt to achieve their ulterior aims. however, the times have changed. countries want independence, nations want liberation and the people want revolution; this has become the irresistible trend of history. the perverse acts of any imperialism can only arouse the people of various countries to still greater resistance and hasten its own destruction.
acting foreign minister chi peng-fei said: in the long revolutionary struggles, the chinese and romanian peoples have always sympathized with and supported each other and forged a profound revolutionary friendship, which is based on marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism. the romanian government and people have given us active support and help in international struggle and our national construction. romania is one of the 18 nations which put forward the draft resolution firmly demanding the restoration of all the lawful rights of the people's republic of china in the united nations; it has consistently stood for the restoration of all the Legitimate rights of our country in