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THE GROUP NOTED THAT SOME PARTNERS HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY THE
KOREAN SIDE IN VIEW OF RECEIVING ON A HIGH LEVEL A SPECIAL
ENVOY FROM SEOUL TO EXPLAIN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF SOUTH KOREA.
3. VISIT OF THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO EUROPE
THE GROUP REVIEWED THE RECENT AND UPCOMING VISITS OF THE
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TAKESHITA TO EUROPE. IT FELT THAT
THESE VISITS WERE A POSITIVE SIGN THAT JAPANESE FOREIGN
POLICY RECENTLY TRIED TO STRENGHTHEN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN
JAPAN AND EUROPE AND THAT THE TWELVE SHOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF
IT.
THE GROUP NOTED THAT PRIME MINISTER TAKESHITA HAD STRESSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF STRONGER CULTURAL RELATIONS.
4.
TAIWAN
THE GROUP HAD AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON A REVISED DRAFT FACT SHEET ON MEMBER STATES' RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN (CF. COREU
CPE/SEC 274). THE PRESIDENCY SUGGESTS THAT COMMENTS ARE
PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT WORKING GROUP MEETING.
5.
CAMBODIA
FOLLOW-UP TO EC-ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING
THE GROUP DISCUSSED THE PRESIDENCY'S PROPOSAL OF A TROIKA
MEETING WITH PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE MARGIN OF THE MEETING OF
ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS WITH THEIR DIALOGUE PARTNERS 6 - 9
JULY IN BANGKOK. THE GROUP AGREED ON THE IDEA BUT EXPRESSED
THE VIEW THAT PRINCE SIHANOUK SHOULD NOT BE MET IN HIS
CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE RESISTANCE COALITION.
THE PROPOSED MEETING WOULD SERVE TO UNDERLINE THE TWELVE'S SUPPORT FOR PRINCE SIHANOUK IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DUSSELDORF
JOINT DECLARATION.
THE PRESIDENCY INFORMED PARTNERS ABOUT VIETNAM'S REACTION TO
THE PARAGRAPH ON CAMBODIA IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.
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