588 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র রাষ্ট্রীয় সার্বভৌমত্ব ও জাতীয় স্বাধীনতা রক্ষার পাকিস্তানস হরাইজন উদ্ধৃতি : ৯ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১ ংগ্রামে পাকিস্তানের প্রতি সংহতি প্রকাশ : সাউথ এশিয়ান ক্রাইসিসভূট্টোর সম্মানে প্রদত্ত ভোজসভার গণচীনের রবার্ট জ্যাকসন ভারপ্রাপ্ত পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্ৰী চি পেং ফি'র বক্তৃতা CHI PENG-FEI'S SPEECH AT THE BANQUET GIVEN IN HONOUR OF BHUTTO, 7 NOVEMBER, 1971 In order to defend their state sovereignty, territorial integrity and national independence, they the Pakistani people have waged unremitting struggles against foreign aggressors, interventionists and domestic secessionists. The Pakistan Government has adhered to its foreign policy of independence and contributed to the defense of peace in Asia and the promotion of Afro-Asian solidarity. Of late, the Indian Government has crudely interfered in Pakistan's internal affairs, carried out subversive activities and military threats against Pakistan by continuing to exploit the East Pakistan question. The Chinese Government and people are greatly concerned over the present tension in the Subcontinent. We maintain that the internal affairs of any country must be handled by its own people. The East Pakistan question is the internal affair of Pakistan and a reasonable settlement should be sought by the Pakistan people themselves, and it is absolutely impermissible for any foreign country to any out interference and subversion under any pretext. Consistently abiding by the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, the Chinese Government never interferes in the internal affairs of other countries and firmly opposes any country interfering in the internal affairs of other country. This is our firm and unshakable stand. We believe that the broad masses of the Pakistan people are patriotic and they want to safeguard national unity and unification of the country, oppose internal split and outside interference. It is our hope that the Pakistan people will strengthen their unity and make joint efforts to overcome difficulties and solve their own problems. We have noted that certain persons are truculently exerting pressure on Pakistan by exploiting tension in the Subcontinent, in a wild attempt to realize their ulterior motives. The Chinese Government and people have always held that disputes between states should be settled by the two sides concerned through consultations and not by resorting to force. The reasonable proposal put forward recently by President Yahya Khan for the armed forces of India and Pakistan to withdraw from the border respectively and disengage is helpful to easing tension in the Subcontinent and should be received with welcome. Our Pakistan friends may rest assured that should Pakistan be subjected to foreign aggression, the Chinese Government and people will, as always, resolutely support the Pakistan Government and people in their just struggle to defend their state sovereignty and national independence.
