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CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF A COMPLETE DISARMAMENT OF ALL FACTIONS IN CAMBODIA, THE ASEAN SIDE DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING DURING THE DIALOGUE MEETING, EVEN THOUGH THIS HAD APPEARED TO BE PART OF ASEAN'S ''PLAN'' AS IT WAS DESCRIBED
IN THE BANGKOK PRESS.
DIALOGUE PARTNERS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORTS OF ASEAN AND STRONG SUPPORT FOR PRINCE SIHANOUK. THEY UNDER- LINED THEIR COMMITMENT TO AN INDEPENDENT, NEUTRAL AND NON-ALIGNED CAMBODIA. US SECRETARY OF STATE SHULTZ REAFFIRMED THE POSITION THAT A POLITICAL SOLUTION HAD TO ENSURE THAT THE KHMER ROUGE WILL NOT REGAIN POWER, SO AS TO REMOVE THE MAIN PRETEXT FOR VIETNAM TO REMAIN IN CAMBODIA.
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE TWELVE UNDERLINED THE CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE TWELVE FOR ASEAN'S EFFORTS AS EXPRESSED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN DUSSELDORF ON 2-3 MAY 1988 AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE TROIKA WOULD MEET WITH PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE MARGIN OF THE POSTMINISTERIAL CONFERENCE (SEE SEPARATE COREU).
2. INDOCHINESE REFUGEES:
ASEAN AND DIALOGUE PARTNERS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE RECENT INCREASE IN INDOCHINESE REFUGEES. THEY AGREED THAT THE PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED AT ITS SOURCE AND THAT MORE INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES WILL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED TO DEAL WITH THE CONTINUING PROBLEM. THE ASEAN CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES IN MARCH 1988 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE U.N. FOUND ONLY CAUTIOUS SUPPORT WITH THE DIALOGUE PARTNERS. SECRETARY OF STATE SHULTZ POINTED OUT THAT SUCH A CONFERENCE MUST BE WELL PREPARED TO ACHIEVE CONSTRUCTIVE RESULTS. IN THE MEANTIME A MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP SHOULD BE INSTALLED TO DISCUSS A COMPREHENSIVE REFUGEE STRATEGY. THE COMMISSION ALSO EXPRESSED THE VIEWS THAT THE EC COULD ONLY AGREE TO AN INTERNA - TIONAL CONFERENCE IF ITS SUBJECT WAS WELL DEFINED AND IF IT WAS WELL PREPARED. THE MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINED THAT A WORKING GROUP WITHIN ASEAN HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THAT HE WILL VISIT VIETNAM IN AUGUST TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM THERE.
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EAST-WEST RELATIONS:
MINISTER GENSCHER GAVE A REVIEW OF EAST-WEST RELATIONS AFTER THE MOSCOW SUMMIT AND OF RECENT INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOVIET UNION. MR. SHULTZ STRESSED THE FACT THAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN DISARMAMENT AND IN THE AFGHANISTAN QUESTION WERE MADE POSSIBLE
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