Speech #990108173

Mr. President. this country has always maintained that we favored and would only accept. a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan that was agreeable to all interested parties and that fulfilled the four points as laid out in the annual United Nations resolutions on Afghanistan. These conditions are first. the complete withdrawal of all foreign troops. second. the restoration of the independent and nonaligned status of Afghanistan. third. the return of the refugees in safety and honor and. fourth. the right to selfdetermination for the Afghan people. It is inconceivable that the United States would expect an agreement that did not take into consideration the needs and views of the resistance to effectively bring about true peace and selfdetermination for the Afghan people. Given repeated statements by the administration supporting democratic resistance movements around the world. and reemphasized by President Reagans speech to the General Assembly that "until such time as these negotiations result in definitive progress.