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TO ALL COREU
CPE PRES' BON 165
26-02-88, 0945 HRS L.T.
DIFFUSION RESTREINTE
MAR 1988
-PART ONE OF TWO
OBJET: JOINT DECLARATION OF 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING REF
CPE PRES' BON 144 OF 19.02.88
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1 PLEASE FIND FOLLOWING DRAFT THREE OF THE JOINT DE- CLARATION. IT WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE BONN ASEAN COMMIT- TEE ON 29.02.88 AT 17.00 HOURS.
AS MENTIONED DURING THE LAST ASIA WG-MEETING ASEAN HAVE KINDLY ABSTAINED FROM A SEPARATE DRAFTING AND WILL WORK ON THE BASIS OF THIS EC DRAFT ONLY.
BY THEIR OWN
ASEAN REACTIONS TO THE EC DRAFT BY THE SECOND HALF OF MARCH
WE EK SPECT
AND THEY START NEGOTIATIONS. WE KEEP PARTNERS INFORMED BY COREU.
CONSIDERATION
2. THE PRESENT DRAFT TAKES INTO OF THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY PARTNERS AS POSSIBLE. REMAIN NUMBERS 1, 2, 4, 11, 14.
AS MUCH
UNCHANGED
3. FOLLOWS TEKST OF THE THIRD DRAFT OF THE JOINT DECLA- RATION: QUOTE
THE
1. 1HE 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 MI- NISTERS HAD A COMPREHENSIVE EKSCHANGE OF VIEWS ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUBJECTS, REVEALING A HIGH LEVEL OF AGREEMENT. MEETING CONFIRMED THAT EC AND ASEAN DEVELOPED A WORKING RE- LATIONSHIP WHICH MATURED INTO AN ENHANCED AND BROAD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN ALL FIELDS THE MINISTERS FELT THAT IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EC AND ASEAN TO
WAS
THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY. THE
FURTHER STRENGTHEN LONGSTANDING AND EKSCELLENT RELATIONS AMONG THE MINISTERS GAVE REASON FOR CONFIDENCE AS REGARDS THE FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF STATES.
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2. THE MINISTERS WELCOMED POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THEIR LAST MEETING IN JAKARTA IN O CTOBER 1986, IN PARTICULAR PROGRESS IN INTEGRATING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MANIFEST ΙΝ THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT THE IMPRESSIVE CONFIRMATION OF ASEAN SOLIDARITY AT THE MANILA SUMMIT IN DECEMBER 1987 AND ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD POLITICS AS REFLECTED BY
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