TO KING HUSSEIN
It is for Us a great pleasure to welcome
Your Majesty to Our Court and in this way to manifest to the great and friendly
nations of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Our sentiments of sincere
friendship.
For countless centuries, as the annals of
history so well attest, the people of Jordan have occupied a central and
important position in the Middle East. Faced with the manifold challenges which
that situation has so constantly presented, the people of Jordan have always
produced leaders worthy of those trials and of the responsibilities which their
central geographical position entails.
This reflection is no less appropriate in
the present and troubled hours of world history than it was during the earlier
years of this century. It is significant that the people of Jordan have always
been found on the side of freedom and independence
for all peoples of the area and have, at the same time, under their leaders,
never relaxed their efforts in the defence of their own freedom and
independence. Today, the Armed Forces under the command of Your Majesty and
whose military traditions and prowess have gained renown throughout the Middle
East, stand as sentinel of order and as a powerful influence for the
maintenance of peace as well as for the defence of national independence and
territorial integrity. Ethiopia who has shared a similar military tradition, applauds
the resolute and distinguished role played by the Armed Forces of Jordan in the
defence of the latter’s independence, territory and national heritage.
Your Majesty’s role as a courageous leader
of a courageous people who, at the same time, have extended their hospitality
to countless refugees, evokes Our admiration and that of Our people.
All of these distinguished national
traditions and achievements find themselves exemplified in the person of Your
Majesty whose intelligence, courage, statesmanship and leadership have earned
universal esteem for the nation of Jordan and its Sovereign.
We are, consequently, most gratified that
Your Majesty’s State visit to Ethiopia and to Our Court has thus served and
will serve further to strengthen the already firm friendship and understanding
existing between Jordan and Ethiopia.
We shall always remember with gratitude
the visit that His late Majesty, Your illustrious grandfather paid to Us at Our
Legation in London during Our exile, which was a consolation to Us.
This sympathy during the dark days of
trial has descended to the Illustrious Heir and successor of His late Majesty.
We therefore raise Our glass in a toast to His Majesty, Hussein I, King of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and to a long-lasting friendship between Our two
nations and peoples.
May 12, 1960.
Selected
Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie – page 123 –
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| His Majesty King Hussein with HIM Emperor Haile Selassie I in a motorcade in Addis Ababa during the King's visit to Ethiopia. |
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