Comrade Ambassador:

It gives me great pleasure to accept the credentials you have presented, by which the Presidium of the People’s Assembly of the People’s Republic of Albania has appointed you as the first Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, and I sincerely thank you for your congratulations.

The Albanian people are a hardworking and courageous nation, with a glorious revolutionary tradition. Over the past decade since Albania’s liberation, under the leadership of the Party of Labour of Albania, they have thwarted all subversive plots hatched by enemies at home and abroad, confidently building a better life for themselves and achieving remarkable successes. The patriotic spirit and boundless enthusiasm for labor displayed by the Albanian people in their socialist construction and in the struggle to defend their country’s independence and security have earned the admiration of the Chinese people.

For the first time in history, the peoples of China and Albania have established diplomatic relations. Over the past five years, our two peoples have forged a fraternal friendship. I am firmly convinced that, following the exchange of ambassadors, the sincere friendly and cooperative relations between our two countries will surely be further developed. This will not only contribute to the enhancement of the well-being of our respective peoples, but will also help strengthen the world’s forces for peace and democracy, with the Soviet Union in the lead.

Comrade Ambassador, I warmly welcome you to your post as the first Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Albania to the People’s Republic of China. In your efforts to consolidate the friendship and cooperation between China and Albania, you may count on my full support and that of the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

I wish you every success in your mission.