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OBJET: JOINT DECLARATION OF 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING,
DUESSELDORF 2.13. MAY, 1988
REF.: 1. CPE 'PRES'BON 165, 166, 171, 182
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WITH REFERENCE TO THE DRAFT JOINT DECLARATION HANDED OVER TO ASEAN AND THE COUNTERDRAFT OF ASEAN, TRANSMITTED BY COREUS 304 305 PLEASE FIND THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT TEKST WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED ON 18 APRIL, 1988, AT THE SPECIAL EPC ASIA WORKING GROUP MEETING. THE TEKST TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION PARTNERS' RE-
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JOINT DECLARAΤΙΟΝ
7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING DUESSELDORF, 2 AND 3 MAY, 1988
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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 EKSCHANGE 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 IN- TEREST OF THE EC AND ASEAN TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY. THE LONGSTANDING AND EKS CELLENT RELATIONS AMONG THE MINISTERS GAVE REASON FOR CONFIDENCE AS REGARDS THE FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO
GROUPS OF STATES.
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THE MINISTERS WELCOMED POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THEIR LAST MEETING IN JAKARTA IN OCTOBER 1986, IN PARTICULAR PROGRESS IN INTEGRATING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MANIFEST IN THE SINGLE EU- ROPEAN ACT THE IMPRESSIVE CONFIRMATION OF ASEAN SOLIDARITY AT THE MANILA SUMMIT IN DECEMBER 1987 AND ENCOURAGING DEVE- LOPMENTS IN WORLD POLITICS AS REFLECTED BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE INF TREATY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR REGRET THAT THE CAMBODIA AND AFGHANISTAN CONFLICTS HAD
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