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CPE PRES 'BON 182
04-03-88, 1642 HRS L.T.
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JOINT DECLARATION OF THE 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL
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CPE 'PRES'BON 165
CPE PRES'BON 171
PRESIDENCY WISHES TO INFORM PARTNERS AS FOLLOWS:
1. TEKST OF THE DRAFT JOINT DECLARATION HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO BAC ON 29.02.88, THE WORDING OF PARA 5 BEING AS
A MENDED IN CPE' PRES 'BON 171 BUT BRACKETED. BRACKETS HAVE BEEN LIFTED AFTER EKSPIRY OF INTERVENTION TIME.
2. THE ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEM ''CENTRAL AMERICA OF THE AGENDA' HAS BEEN FOREWARDED TO THE BAC.
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3 FURTHER AMENDMENTS CAN ONLY BE INTRODUCED DURING NEKST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS. PRESIDENCY WOULD BE THANKFUL TO PARTNERS IF THEY WOULD PLEASE GIVE THE REASONS FOR THEIR AMENDMENTS AS THIS WOULD MAKE NEGOTIATIONS EASIER. WE HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, DROPPED THE COMMISSION'S SUGGESTION TO INTRO- DUCE THE PHRASE ON THE LAOTIAN REFUGEES BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT BE CONVENIENT TO MENTION ONE OUT OF THE MANY COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF THE REFUGEES. ON THE OTHER HAND WE RETAINED THE PARA ON CULTURAL RELATIONS AS A SIGN THAT EC HAS A POLI- TICAL INTEREST IN EC-ASEAN CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP. THE WOR- DING MAY WELL BE ADJUSTED AT A LATER STAGE. BUT ADJUSTMENTS WILL ANYHOW BE NECESSARY UP TO THE LATEST MOMENT.
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