Unity should be the cornerstone of relations among African States for it would ensure confidence and cooperation. Disunity, on the other hand, while dissipating their strength, always ends in regrettable results. For this reason, we are making arrangements to grant scholarships to Our African brothers to study in Our military institutions.
In but a few weeks, the independent African states will convene in Our capital to explore the means and avenues for advancing this higher cause of the freedom, independence and progress of the African people. It is Our conviction that the Guenet Military Traning Centre has already, during the last quarter of a century, well served this noble objective. May a yet broader and more fructifying mission be reserved, in the coming years, to this institution which has so well earned the lasting gratitude of Our beloved people.
HIM Emperor Hiale Selassie
King of Kings
Mutual confidence and collaboration should exist among the African Nations. As disunity always brings regrettable results,......
April 29, 1960
page 64 Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I
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