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JOINT PRESS STATEMENT
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Pursuant to the Malaysian-Vietnamese agreement
reached during the visit of Honourable Deputy Prime
Minister of Malaysia to Hanoi from August 26th to August
29th, 1988 on the repatriation of the Vietnamese boat
people in Malaysia who wish to return to Vietnam, a
team of Vietnamese officials paid a working visit to
Malaysia from October 29th to November 3rd, 1988 at
the invitation of the Malaysian side, in order to work
out specific measures and modalities for the implementa-
tion of the agreement.
pursue.
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SEAD
2.
During their visit to Malaysia, the Vietnamese
officials! made а courtesy call on His Excellency Dato
Haji Abu Hassan Bin Haji Omar, Minister of Foreign Affairs
and H.E. Dato' Abdul Majid Mohamed, Acting Secretary
General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The dis-
cussion took place in a friendly and constructive atmosphere.
The Vietnamese side informed the Malaysian side of the
measures taken by Vietnam to reinforce the prevention
of illegal departures by means of educational information,
legislation, and expending the implementation of
Orderly Departure Programme (ODP) as the sole channel
for Vietnamese migrants.
of the
3.
The two sides agreed to exchange
information
and cooperation to prevent illegal departures more effectively.
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