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A PROCESS OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND IN THE INSTALLATION OF A TRULY REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN KABUL TO BE INDISPENSABLE. 10. MIDDLE
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THE MINISTERS DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THEY REFERRED TO DECLARATIONS AND DEMARCHES MADE BY THE TWELVE, INCLUDING THE DECLARATIONS OF FEBRUARY 23RD, JULY 13TH, DECEMBER 5TH 1987, AND FEBRUARY 8TH 1988, AND TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. THEY SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AS THE SUITABLE FRAMEWORK FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION. THE TWELVE AND ASEAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF LEBANON. THE IRAQ-IRAN CONFLICT IS CONTINUING TO CAUSE GREAT HUMAN SUFFERING AND HEAVY MATERIAL
THE IT THREATENS THE STABILITY OF THE WHOLE REGION. LOSS MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR A SPEEDY SOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 598.
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