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OBJET: JOINT DECLARATION OF 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING
PLEASE FIND FOLLOWING THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE 7TH EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING, DUESSEL-
DORF IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION PROPOSALS BY IRELAND IN
PARAGRAPHS 3, 5, 6, 10, GREAT BRITAIN IN PARAGRAPHS 3
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5, 6, 9 10, 13, ITALY IN PARAGRAPHS 4 10, FRANCE IN PARAGRAPH 5,
NETHERLANDS IN PARAGRAPH 6 SPAIN IN PARAGRAPHS 9 11
GREECE IN PARAGRAPH 9 PARTNERS ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE THEIR
COMMENTS, IF ANY, AT THE LATEST BY FEBRUARY 24TH, 1988.
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1. 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 EKS CHANGE OF VIEWS ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUBJECTS, REVEALING A HIGH LEVEL OF AGREEMENT. THE MEETING CONFIRMED THAT EC AND ASEAN DEVELOPED
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHICH MATURED INTO AN ENHANCED AND BROAD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN ALL FIELDS. THE MINISTERS FELT THAT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EC AND ASEAN TO
FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR POLITICAL AND ECONO- MIC SOLIDARITY. THE LONGSTANDING AND EKSCELLENT REALTIONS
AMONG THE MINISTERS GAVE REASON FOR CONFIDENCE AS REGARDS
THE FUTURE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF STATES.
2. 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 EUROPEAN ACT, THE IMPRESSIVE CONFIRMATION OF ASEAN SOLIDARITY AT THE MANILA SUMMIT IN DECEMBER 1987 AND EN- COURAGING DEVELOPMENTS 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 NOT YET BEEN RESOLVED. THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR
DETERMINATION TO JOIN THEIR EFFORTS IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN THE RESTORATION OF PEACE IN THE REGIONS OF TENSION TO THE
BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
THE MINISTERS WERE SATISFIED TO NOTE THAT THE ECONOMIES
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