2. Objectives of the Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy

The failure to realize development and democracy has resulted in our security being threatened. It has meant that we have remained impoverished, dependent and unable to hold our heads high. The prospect of disintegration cannot be totally ruled out. That is why it is imperative that we expedite development and consolidate democracy. In doing so, we can consolidate our existence as a nation, and preserve our honour. The goal of our foreign and security policy is to ensure international conditions that are conducive to achieving our development and democratic objectives. The basis and goal of our foreign and national security policy is defined as realizing development and democracy.

To bring about development and realize it in the framework of globalization, we need extensive market opportunities, investment and technical support. For some time yet, we will also need grants and loans to finance our development endeavours. We also require considerable technical and financial support to build and strengthen institutions of democratic governance, so crucial for the growth of democracy. Our foreign policy goal will be exactly this. Our main objective will be to create an enabling environment for development and democracy and, in this context, to identify markets, attract investment, solicit grants, loans and technical support and make maximum utilization of all possibilities. Our diplomacy should be, in the main, that of economic diplomacy.

Our diplomatic work must aim at eliminating or at least reducing external security threats. Our policy should strive to widen the number of foreign friends that can help to create a regional and global atmosphere conducive for our peace and security. Our diplomatic activity also aims at forecasting potential threats and addressing them through dialogue and negotiation. The policy should also secure allies that can help us withstand intractable challenges and threats.

As well as creating a favourable situation for our development, our foreign policy aims at both individually and collectively lessening the negative effects that globalization could have on development. This is another reason why our diplomacy is centered on economic diplomatic activity.

Basing itself on national efforts to overcome the danger of strife and collapse emanating from within, our foreign and national security policy has the objective of resisting external threats to our security and building our capacity to reduce our vulnerability.