Nor do his Communist neighbors to the east.
Increasingly, Czechoslovakia is standing alone among its Communist neighbors.
For no matter how comradely these Communist neighbors may say they are, they still won't accept each other's currency.
Tensions between Communist neighbors have existed, but Moscow's insistence on maintaining unity among its allies has in the past kept such strains from becoming public.
Czechoslovakia is proud, however, of one statistic that sets it apart from most its Communist neighbors.
Fearful of having a Communist neighbor to the north, India started cracking down last year on Maoist support networks in its own border areas.
Their search met resistance from property owners who feared the effect of Communist neighbors on real estate values.
After years of receiving refugees from Communist neighbors, it is now experiencing an unexpectedly large new flow from Vietnam.
Despite the normalization of relations a year ago, dealings between the Communist neighbors remain so strained that they threaten the peace in the region.
He has forcefully ruled out deadlines for compliance or economic sanctions to force his country's impoverished Communist neighbor to respect its international engagements.