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SUBJECT: 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING. POLITICAL PART OF
THE JOINT DECLARATION
AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENCY THE EPC SECRETARIAT
TRANSMITS THE FOLLOWING TEXT AS ELABORATED BY THE ASIA
WORKING GROUP ON 18 APRIL 1988:
DRAFT
JOINT
DECLARATION
7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING DUESSELDORF, 2 AND 3 MAY, 1988
1.
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THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS WAS HELD IN DUESSELDORF ON 2 AND 3 MAY 1988.
THE MINISTERS HAD A COMPREHENSIVE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUBJECTS REVEALING A HIGH LEVEL OF AGREEMENT. THE MEETING CONFIRMED THAT EC AND ASEAN DEVELOPED
A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHICH MATURED INTO AN ENHANCED AND
BROAD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN ALL FIELDS. THE MINISTERS FELT THAT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EC AND ASEAN TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY. THE LONGSTANDING AND EXCELLENT
RELATIONS AMONG THE MINISTERS GAVE REASON FOR CONFIDENCE AS
REGARDS THE FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF
STATES.
2.
THE MINISTERS WELCOMED POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THEIR LAST MEETING IN JAKARTA IN OCTOBER 1986, IN PARTICULAR PROGRESS IN INTEGRATING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MANIFEST IN
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