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The original documents are located in Box 13, "8/3/75 - Luncheon Toast, Romania" of the
President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
Copyright Notice
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Digitized from Box 13 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
LUNCHEON TOAST
ROMANIA
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1975
- 1 -
MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. CEAUSESCU, LADIES AND GENTLEMENT:
MR. PRESIDENT, IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO MEET WITH YOU
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THIS VISIT TO ROMANIA
ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE IN GREATER DETAIL OUR DISCUSSION ON A BROAD
RANGE OF BILATERAL AND INTERNATIONAL SUBJECTS OF MUTUAL INTEREST.
- 2 -
MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE REFLECTED ON THE REMARKABLE STRIDES
THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OUR RELATIONS IN RECENT YEARS.
WE HAVE
AGREED, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR
TWO COUNTRIES AND ON ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
COOPERATION.
- 3 -
TODAY, I AM DELIGHTED THAT WE HAVE NOW TAKEN ANOTHER MAJOR STEP
FORWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U.S.-ROMANIAN TRADE AGREEMENT.
I AM SURE THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL LEAD TO NEW ECONOMIC CONTACTS
OF GROWING MUTUAL BENEFIT.
I HAVE SIMILAR HOPES FOR THE NEW
FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT SIGNED LAST DECEMBER ON CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC
EXCHANGES.
- 4 -
BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN DEVELOP COOPERATIVE CONTACTS IN SUCH
AREAS OF JOINT CONCERN AS HEALTH, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND
ENVIRONMENT.
- 5 -
ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT ARE THE SHARED PRINCIPLES --
EXPRESSED IN THE DECLARATION SIGNED IN WASHINGTON.
IT EXPLAINS
HOW TWO COUNTRIES FAR APART GEOGRAPHICALLY, WITH DIFFERENT
PHILOSOPHIES OF GOVERNMENT, CAN COOPERATE so WELL IN so MANY FIELDS.
WE BOTH BELIEVE IN EACH STATE'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE ITS OWN PATH FOR
DEVELOPMENT.
- 6 -
AND WE BOTH RESPECT EACH OTHER'S SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE,
RECOGNIZING THAT UNLESS THAT INDEPENDENCE IS PRESERVED,
THERE CAN BE NO REAL PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN THE WORLD.
PEACE AND PROSPERITY REMAIN THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF BOTH U.S. AND
ROMANIAN POLICY.
- 7 -
MR. PRESIDENT, IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A PIONEERING
SPIRIT IN OUR RELATIONS.
WE HAVE SOUGHT AND FOUND FRESH
APPROACHES.
WE HAVE ANTICIPATED MANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT
SUBSEQUENTLY MARKED THE GENERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
THESE DEVELOPMENTS CONFIRMED THE COURSE OF OUR RELATIONS AS CORRECT
AND JUSTIFIED.
- 8 -
MR. PRESIDENT, I RAISE MY GLASS TO YOU AND TO
MRS. CEAUSESCU, AND TO THE EXPANSION OF RELATIONS AND BROADENING
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ROMANIA.