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THE PROBLEM. THE MINISTERS SHARED PRINCE SIHANOUK'S VIEW
THAT THE LASTING PEACE IN KAMPUCHEA RESTS UPON VIETNAM'S WILLINGNESS TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH HIM. AS THE KAMPUCHEAN
CONFLICT IS NOT AN INTERNAL PROBLEM OF THE KAMPUCHEANS BUT A RESULT OF FOREIGN AGGRESSION AND MILITARY OCCUPATION, THE MINISTERS THEREFORE URGED ALL THOSE CONCERNED TO HELP
ACCELERATE THE SEARCH FOR THE SETTLEMENT AND APPEALED IN PARTICULAR TO VIETNAM TO JOIN PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE PEACE
TALKS.
THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR RESOLVE TO WORK IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE UN WHICH AIM AT RESTORING THE INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF KAMPUCHEA. A DEMOCRATIC, NEUTRAL AND INDEPENDENT KAMPUCHEA IS NOT ATTAINABLE WITHOUT THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS UNDER INTERNATIONAL SUPER- VISION. THE MINISTERS THUS REITERATED THEIR CALL FOR VIET- NAM TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS FROM KAMPUCHEA. THE MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THAT NO ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO VIETNAM OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO SUSTAIN AND ENHANCE THE VIETNAMESE
OCCUPATION OF KAMPUCHEA.
THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR PRINCE SIHA- NOUK'S EFFORTS TO SEEK A POLITICAL SOLUTION AND DECLARED THEIR INTENTION TO RENDER ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE HIM TO PLAY A MORE EFFECTIVE RULE IN THE SETTLEMENT.
PARA 8 REFUGEES
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BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
1 'PARA 8 INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS SHARED THE VIEW THAT THE PLIGHT OF THOSE WHO HAVE FLED FROM INDOCHINA, INCLUDING THOSE STILL IN REFUGEE TRANSIT CAMPS IN ASEAN COUNTRIES AND THOSE ALONG THE THAI-KAMPUCHEAN BORDER, REMAINED THE CAUSE OF SERIOUS CONCERN. THESE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS HAVE AN IN- ALIENABLE RIGHT TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. FOR THOSE REFUGEES WITH NO PROSPECT OF A SAFE RETURN, RESETTLEMENT IN THIRD COUNTRIES MUST CONTINUE AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION.
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