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PEOPLES OF EUROPE AND THAT THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN MANILA
ADOPTED AN IMPORTANT PROGRAMME FOR FURTHER ACTION, IT HAS BECOME PARTICULARLY EVIDENT THAT THE ESTBLISHMENT OF
EC-A SEAN RELATIONS WAS BOTH FORESIGHTED AND ADVANTAGEOUS FOR
ALL PARTNERS.
THE MINISTERS WERE ENCOURAGED BY THE POSITIVE RESULTS
OF CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE EC AND ASEAN SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE ASEAN-EC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN 1978. THE
MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THE DESIRABILITY IN THE FUTURE OF
HAVING CLOSE AND PERIODIC CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST, WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE FURTHER TO THE
STRENGTHENING OF THE EXISTING COOPERATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONAL GROUPINGS.
4.
CULTURAL RELATIONS
THE MINISTERS AGREED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN EC-ASEAN CULTURAL TIES. IN THIS CONTEXT, EMPHASIS SHOULD BE GIVEN BOTH TO THE COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE COOPERATION IN THE
FIELD OF SCIENCES IN GENERAL.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES
5.
EAST-WEST RELATIONS
THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED EAST-WEST RELATIONS. THEY NOTED
WITH SATISFACTION SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN EAST-WEST
RELATIONS. THEY VOICED THEIR EXPECTATION THAT THIS SHOULD
HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE SOLUTION OF REGIONAL
CONFLICTS. THE MINISTERS EXPRESSED THEIR READINESS TO
ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH SOLUTIONS.
6.
DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL
THE MINISTERS WELCOMED THE INF TREATY AS A MILESTONE, BEING THE FIRST AGREEMENT BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE THEIR NUCLEAR ARSENALS.
THEY HOPE THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS AND
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