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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BURSSELS, EC POSTS, ASEAN POSTS, (.8' 33,3-- INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, TOKYO
MY 3 IPTS
EC/ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING, JAKARTA 20/21 OCTOBER 1986:
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF JOINT DECLARATION
BEGINS
1.
THE MINISTERS HAD A FULL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND
FOUND A WIDE DEGREE OF CONSENSUS. THEY REAFFIRMED THE NEED FOR
BOTH SIDES TO CONTINUE TO COOPERATE AND CONSULT EACH OTHER ON
MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST. THE DISCUSSIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE
ATMOSPHERE OF FRIENDLINESS AND UNDERSTANDING WHICH HAS BECOME
THE HALLMARK OF EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETINGS. THE EC MINISTERS
EXPRESSED THEIR SINCERE THANKS TO THEIR ASEAN HOSTS FOR THE
EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETING.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES
KAMPUCHEA
2.
THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR VIEW THAT THE VIETNAMESE
MILITARY OCCUPATION OF KAMPUCHEA CONTINUES TO BE AN OBSTACLE
TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. THEY AGREED TO CONTINUE
TO PROMOTE THE SEARCH FOR A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT TO THE CONFLICT
IN KAMPUCHEA IN ACCORDANCE EITH THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY
THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
KAMPUCHEA, WHICH CALL FOR THE TOTAL WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS, THE RIGHT OF THE KAMPUCHEAN PEOPLE TO DETERMING THEIR OWN DESTINY FREE FROM OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE, AND THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF KAMPUCHEA'S INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. THEY NOTED THAT VIETNAM HAD CONSISTENTLY
REJECTED PROPOSALS TO RESOLVE THE KAMPUCHEAN PROBLEM, INCLUDING
THE MARCH 1986 PROPOSAL OF THE COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA UNDER PRINCE SIHANOUK, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH PRINCIPLES ENDORSED BY THE UN, THE ICK AND ASEAN, CONTAIN CONSTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS FOR A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM'S OCCUPATION MADE A
MILITARY SOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE. AN EARLY SETTLEMENT WOULD MEET
THE CONCERNS OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS
CALLED ON VIETNAM TO BEGIN SERIOUS NEGOTIATION FOR THE WITHDRAWAL
OF ALL ITS FORCES FROM KAMPUCHEA. THEY FEAFFIRMED THAT NO
ASSISTENCE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO VIETNAM OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO
SUSTAIN AND ENCHANCE THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION OF KAMPUCHEA.
13.