I’d like to start by presenting a few principles, which the foreign policy of my country is based on. They are longstanding – not motivated by current political opinions, political party affiliation or ideology. They are rooted in the deep historical experience of my Country.
The principle of partnership and dialogue among nations. We reject a system based neither on the transaction between the mightiest nor on the balance of opposing powers, in which stability is achieved by means of appeasement and sacrifice of the weaker ones. History teaches us that such a system has never guaranteed a permanent peace in the world.