In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
We would like to have friendly relations with all the governments- both Muslim and non-Muslim- on the basis of mutual respect. With the resources that they have, if the Muslim countries in the manner that God has commanded, be fraternal toward each other, neither in economic affairs nor in culture and other aspects would they be in need of anybody.
You witnessed that our nation, although in terms of military equipment, had nothing; but because it relied on Islamic strength, no power was able to stop it. In this way, if all the Muslims unite together, they would become a power that no power can challenge.
All the governments are aware of the illness, but they do not pay attention to its cure. All are aware that because there is no unity, as a result the plundering and looting takes place; but they do not take action to remove the differences among the Muslim governments.
One of the reasons for the weakness of the Muslim governments is that there is no understanding between the governments and the nations. The government regards itself to be separate from the people and the people have become distrustful of the government; and consequently, if a government is faced with economic problems, the nation does not cooperate in any way for solving them. If the governments behave properly with their nation, no problem shall be created for any one of them.
[In the end, Imam Khomeini expressed his hope for success and victory for the progress and advancement of the nation and country of Pakistan, and with regard to the visit of Hua Kuo Feng to Iran, he stated:]
Although the nation of Iran have a bitter feeling about this visit because at the time when our youth were steeped in their own blood, they passed over
the corpses of these youth, nevertheless, because we, the nation of Iran are followers of Islam, we consider forgiveness to be better than anything.