 It's been an honor and a pleasure to welcome President Kunche to Washington. Our meeting takes place at a time when the world's attention has focused on the serious food crisis in Africa. Niger has not been spared the ravages of the drought. However, through the constructive efforts of President Kunche's government and the help of the international community, including the United States, the effects of the drought in Niger will be reduced. Those who know President Kunche know that food self-sufficiency and the well-being of his people are his primary goals. He has gone about these objectives with pragmatic policies. President Kunche represents an impressive example of the kind of serious concerned leadership that Africa will need to overcome its economic problems. His reputation as a dedicated and capable leader has been confirmed by his visit to Washington today. In our conversations this morning and at lunch, we covered many of the important international problems of the day, particularly those concerning Africa. We have benefited from President Kunche's views on the problems of drought and economic development in the Seychelles as well as the political problems of that region. We support Niger's efforts to maintain its independence and territorial integrity. In many areas, our views converge. On a few others, in a spirit of mutual respect, we have agreed to differ. We have an excellent bilateral relationship to which we both attach considerable importance. Niger and the United States together are committed to the resolution of international problems through the pursuit of realistic dialogue in international organizations and through the exercise of rational economic policies at home. And I have assured President Kuche of our support for him and his country, and I have expressed our admiration for his accomplishments at home and abroad. The number of outbreaks on the stress-earning crisis in Niger will be reduced. Those who know President Kunche's work have continued to follow the realization of his goals by pragmatic policies. President Kunche is an example, an impressive and capable example, and has been confirmed by the visit we had with him in Washington. During our talks, we have dealt with a large number of important international problems and, in particular, those concerning Africa. We have, we support Niger's efforts to maintain its independence and territorial integrity. In many areas, there is a convergence of views between us on a few other issues in a year. We have excellent bilateral relations and we both attach great importance to these excellent bilateral relations. Niger and the United States work together on the solution of international problems through a realistic dialogue. Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to have very deep support with the President Regan. They have brought to the attention our bilateral cooperation and on the issues of the international conflict, UEGAR, the effects of the global economic conjecture, the precision of the drought, and of the African famine, and the existence of tensions over almost all continents. The role and the role of the United States in the search for the best international balance in the political, economic, and military plans has, in particular, provided its support. And I can say that I have noted a large understanding of views and a good level of reciprocal understanding of our two countries on most of these issues. Concerning Africa, you know that the concern of the time and the return of the drought over vast regions of this continent is being translated by a reclusive meaning of the famine and a good number of states, including mainly those in the region of the Sahel, the Count of Africa, and the Oriental Africa. I am happy to note that the President Regan and his administration have a clear conscience of this situation and that they are not only very competent, but above all very sincerely preoccupied with the enormous suffering that has led to the presence of the thousands of sinister Africans to the unbearable. They have already given food resources appreciable by Niger for its part, their secret. And the President has still assured that the United States continues to mobilize less consequences to continue to participate in the decisive way to the crossroads of death and the famine on our continent and those in a spirit that is essentially humanitarian. We have also mentioned the political problems surrounding the continent, the Western Sahara, but above all the coastal Africa, where the costs for the independence of Namibia and the persistence of the part of South Africa create an unbearable situation in the states of the front line. The President Regan and I are in the opinion that a further consultation between Africa and the United States will allow to raise the obstacles to fix these problems in serenity, justice, and the right for the rest. I would say that we have been able to confront this problem. Our commitment to see peace and security prevailing all over the world on the basis of the great ideals of the people's right to self-determination and freedom, the respect for sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the states, the respect for the interior options and the observance of the rules of good neighbors and the pacific coexistence between nations. Of course, economic problems have not been lost in sight, because the Niger and Africa, all in all, have been struck by the economic crisis that has unfortunately come across all the continents. We are in the event that the United States has played a leading role in saving the world's wealth, especially the stability of small nations. I have therefore concluded that I am fully satisfied with these support efforts, which I did not lack to congratulate President Reagan for the efforts he made and for the great vigilance he personally shows in the eyes of Niger and the problems of the African continent. You know that with my country, the President and his administration have engaged in these last two years a diversified cooperation, very dynamic, particularly friendly and fruitful, which allows me to say that the United States is now among our most active and most effective partners. When President Reagan showed up as the head of state, he said to his charge and to his nation, his awareness of the problems of the world, his religion of freedom and the punishments of man, his ardor to build an American society that is always stronger and always more prosperous, my partner, strongly impressed. I wish him a good feeling of doing, a clear way of support, and to know how to do it without growing up to do it well. The new mandate, highly meditated, which his people have just entrusted him by a reelection that constitutes, at all points of view, a personal triumph and a general satisfaction delivered by the great American people. Ladies and gentlemen, I have just had a very extensive discussion with President Ronald Reagan. We discussed bilateral cooperation as well as African and international issues regarding the effects of world recession, the persistent drought and famine in Africa, and the flashpoints existing in almost all the continents. Our discussions were also specially focused on the role of the United States of America in the search for a better international political, economic, and military balance. And I can say that the views of our two countries were consistent with each other and there were a good understanding on most of the issues discussed. As far as Africa is concerned, you know that we are currently preoccupied by the harsh drought that is once again affecting extensive areas of our continent, the result of which is the reappearance of hunger in many countries, especially in extensive regions of the Sahel, in the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa. I'm glad to note that both President Reagan and his administration are fully aware of this situation and that not only do they sympathize with us, but they are also seriously concerned by the great sufferings affecting several thousands of Africans that have been seriously hit. President Reagan and the American administration have already provided substantial food aids and Niger is grateful to them for that. The President also assured me that the United States will continue to use significant means to decisively help in the crusade against hunger and death in Africa, and this is essentially in a humanitarian spirit. We have also discussed the political issues that are currently haunting the African countries, Chad, Western Sahara, but especially Southern Africa, where the delays in the independence of Namibia and the persistence of apartheid in South Africa engender an intolerable situation in the frontline states. President Ronald Reagan and I agree that more consultation between Africa and the United States of America will make it possible to remove the obstacles and solve these problems in serenity, in justice, and in the rule of law. Besides, I would be right to say that through these discussions we were able to compare our common desire to see peace and security prevail throughout the world on the basis of the great ideals of the right of the peoples to self-determination and liberty, respect for all the countries, sovereignty and territorial integrity, respect for the country's domestic political choice, and respect for the rules of good-nableness and peaceful coexistence among the nations. Naturally, we did not lose sight of the economic issues, because Niger and all Africa are severely hit by the economic crisis that unfortunately affects all the continents. In this regard, we both recognized that the United States have a top role to play in order to safeguard peace in the world and mostly to save the stability of small nations. My conclusion, therefore, is that I am fully satisfied with these talks during which I congratulated President Ronald Reagan for all the efforts that he has been making and for the great vigilance that he has personally shown concerning Niger and regarding the problems of Africa. You know that in recent years President Ronald Reagan and his administration have launched a diversified, dynamic and especially friendly and fruitful cooperation with my country. And I can say today that the United States of America are among our most active and most effective partners. As for the President, he appeared as a man most devoted to his duties and to his nation. Moreover, I have been seriously impressed by the fact, by his awareness of the global problems, his worshipping of liberty and the fulfillment of man, his determination to build an American society ever stronger and more prosperous. I wish him a good health, a continuous clear-mindedness, a growing clear sight to fulfill the well-deserved new term of office that with which he has just been entrusted by the people. Following his reelection that in all aspects was a personal triumph and a general satisfaction expressed to him by the great American people. I thank you.