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Community's relations with non-European members of CMEA Doc. A2-204/88
RESOLUTION
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on the Community's relations with the non-European members of the CMEA
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the motion for a resolution by Mr Zahorka on economic and trade relations between the European Community and Vietnam (Doc. 82-221/85),
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having regard to the motion for a resolution by Mr Saridakis on the Community's relations with the non-European members of the CMEA (Doc. 82-308/87),
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having regard to its resolution of 22 January 1987 on relations between the European Community and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and the Eastern European member states of the CMEA(1),
having regard to the report of the Committee on External Economic Relations (Doc. A 2-204/88),
having regard to the fact that:
F.
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the Joint Declaration of Mutual Recognition between the European Community and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance also includes the non-European states of the CMEA, namely Cuba, Mongolia and Vietnam,
if only for geographical reasons the European Community's economic and political relations with these non-European member states of the CMEA cannot be seen in the same light as the Community's relations with the European member states of the CMEA and that it would be advisable to assess the relations to be established with each of these countries taking into account their geographical position, their individual situation, and the nature of the relations which already exist between the EEC and the countries in this region,
Cuba, Vietnam and Mongolia have particularly close economic and political relations with the Soviet Union, not least because of the failure of Western foreign policies, especially in the years following the end of the Second World War,
Mongolia and, particularly, Vietnam are endeavouring to introduce political reforms, notably in the field of economic policy, and these reforms are being energetically promoted particularly in Vietnam, while in Cuba there have so far been no signs of such reforms,
the Cuban economy is still very u-sided and is mainly dominated by sugar production and due to the application of misconceived economic policies and to the continuing boycott by the USA is faced with considerable problems,
Cuba is of considerable importance for the political development of Latin America,
OJ No. C 46, 23.2.1987, p. 71
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