2. The Democratic Republic of East Timor shall establish relations of friendship and cooperation with all other peoples, aiming at the peaceful settlement of conflicts, the general, simultaneous and controlled disarmament, the establishment of a system of collective security and establishment of a new international economic order capable of ensuring peace and justice in the relations among peoples. 3. The Democratic Republic of East Timor shall maintain privileged ties with the countries whose official language is Portuguese. 4. The Democratic Republic of East Timor shall maintain special ties of friendship and co-operation with its neighbouring countries and the countries of the region. Section 9 (International law) 1. The legal system of East Timor shall adopt the general or customary principles of international law. 2. Rules provided for in international conventions, treaties and agreements shall apply in the internal legal system of East Timor following their approval, ratification or accession by the respective competent organs and after publication in the official gazette. 3. All rules that are contrary to the provisions of international conventions, treaties and agreements applied in the internal legal system of East Timor shall be invalid. Section 10 (Solidarity) 1. The Democratic Republic of East Timor shall extend its solidarity to the struggle of all peoples for national liberation. 2. The Democratic Republic of East Timor shall grant political asylum, in accordance with the law, to foreigners persecuted as a result of their struggle for national and social liberation, defence of human rights, democracy and peace. Section 11 (Valorisation of Resistance) 1. The Democratic Republic of East Timor acknowledges and values the historical resistance of the Maubere People against foreign domination and the contribution of all those who fought for national independence. 2. The State acknowledges and values the participation of the CatholicChurch in the process of national liberation of East Timor.