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Report of the Soviet press on the signing of the convention on the procedure for consideration and resolution of border incidents and conflicts between the USSR and Turkey. July 16, 1937.

July 16, 1937

On July 15, the NKID signed a convention on the procedure for considering and resolving border incidents and conflicts between the USSR and the republic of Turkey.

On the part of the USSR, the convention was signed by the deputy peopleʹs commissar for foreign affairs, comrade bs Stomonyakov, on the part of the republic of Turkey ‐ by the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Turkey to Moscow, Z. Apaydin.

(Tass)

No. 165 (6 327), July 16, 1937

Report of the Soviet press about the visit to the USSR of the minister of foreign affairs of Turkey Rushtu Aras and the minister of internal affairs of Turkey Shukru Kaya. July 17, 1937

July 17, 1937

Arrival to Moscow with an official visit of two representatives of the Turkish government ‐ the minister of foreign affairs of the city of Rushtu Aras and the minister of internal affairs and general secretary of the republican peopleʹs party of the city of Shukru Kaya, their meetings and conversations with the chairman of the council of peopleʹs commissars comrade Molotov, peopleʹs commissar for foreign affairs comrade Litvinov and other members of the Soviet government were given the opportunity, as a result of a very friendly and frank exchange of views on questions of international politics, to make the following statement:

1.                   The relations of sincere friendship established between the USSR and the republic of Turkey about 16 years ago, strengthened by bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements concluded between the two states, have withstood the tests of all phases of international life for such a long period of time, have undoubtedly proved their full value for interests both countries.

2.                   The same interests require the preservation of the existing relations in full and for the future as an invariable stable element of the foreign policy of both states.

3.                   Soviet‐Turkish friendship has turned out to be a very important factor in world peace, the interests of which will correspond to the preservation and further development of this friendship.

4.                   The present alarming international situation, created by the aggressive tendencies manifesting in international life, cannot but impose on all peace‐loving states special concerns for the preservation of peace and general security on the basis of the indivisibility of peace and collective security.

5.                   Relations of friendship and mutual trust between the USSR and Turkey, their sincere adherence to the idea of peace and the aforementioned principles of the league of nations, their determination to promote the best organization of the forces of peace and to avoid everything that could support or encourage the forces of aggression, create the basis for especially fruitful cooperation between them to strengthen all elements of the potential for peace.

(Tass)

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No. 166 (6328), July 17, 1937