Scientific and Technical Cooperation Between the USSR and Other Socialist Countries

>p>In his report at the 21st Congress of the CPSU N. S. Khrushchev pointed out that the Soviet Union regarded it as its primary task to work for the greater unity of the socialist countries, and for the further development of economic cooperation and cultural ties among them on the basis of proletarian internationalism and the fraternal friendship of free peoples.>/p>>p>The economic, scientific and technical cooperation of the USSR and the People's Democracies is based on their sincere desire to help one another to achieve general economic expansion. Their joint efforts are based on the principles of full equality, mutual benelit, mutual respect for their national interests, and non-interference in internal affairs.>/p>