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PARA 5 EAST-WEST RELATIONS
THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED EAST
WEST RELATIONS. THEY NOTED, WITH SATISFACTION, SIGNS OF RELAKSATION OF TENSION (DETENTE) IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. THEY VOICED THEIR
EKSPECTATION THAT THESE SIGNS SHOULD HAVE A PUSITIVE EFFECT
ON THE SOLUTION OF REGIONAL CONFLICTS PARTICULARLY AFGHANI- STAN AND KAMPUCHEA. THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR READINESS
TO ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH SOLUTION.
THE PROSPECT OF A START AGREEMENT REDUCING THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION
WAS WELCOMED BY THE MINISTERS AS SIGNIFICANT ALSO FOR EUROPE
AND ASIA. THE MINISTERS HAD AN EKSCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE SECURITY SITUATION IN
THE IR RESPECTIVE REGIONS, IN WHICH THEY HAVE A SHARED IN- TEREST. EACH GROUP OF MINISTERS FOLLOWED THE EKSPLANATIONS
OF THE OTHER SIDE WITH APPRECIATION.
THE MINISTERS AGREED THAT IN VIEW OF THE ALARMING PRU-
LIFERATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE SUCH WEAPONS ONCE AND FOR ALL. THEY FURTHER AGREED THAT THE
NEGOTIATIONS AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON A CONVENTION TO BAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS WORLDWIDE MUST BE BROUGHT
TO A RAPID CONCLUSION. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR RESOLVE TU SPARE NO EFFORTS TOWARDS REACHING SUCH A GLOBAL AND VERI-
FIABLE CONVENTION.
PARA 6 DISARMAMENT, ARMS CONTROL AND RELATED QUESTIONS THE MINISTERS WELCOMED THE INF TREATY AS A MILESTONE, BLING THE FIRST AGREEMENT BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES AND THE SO-
VIET UNION HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE EFFECTIVELY THEIR NUCLEAR
ARSENALS. THEY HOPED THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY OTHER AGREEMENTS LEADING TO A GENERAL AND COMPLETE DIS- ARMAMENT WHICH WOULD FREE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES FOR DEVELOP-
MENT PURPOSES.
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THE PROSPECT OF A START AGREEMENT REDUCING THE STRATEG- IC NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE U. S AND THE SOVIET UNION WAS
WELCOMED BY MINISTERS AS SIGNIFICANT ALSO FOR EUROPE AND
ASIA.
PARA 7 CAMBODIA BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
''PARA 7 KAMPUCHEA
THE MINISTERS HAD A THOROUGH EKS CHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE
KAMP UCHEAN PROBLEM: THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR BELIEF THAT PEACE
AND STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CAN BE RESTORED ONLY THROUGH THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND FOREIGN MILITARY OCCUPAT- ION OF KAMPUCHEA. THEY WELCOMED THE INITIATIVES OF PRINCE
SIHANOUK IN THE SEARCH FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF
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