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FE/7818/A1/1
A. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
5 Dec 84
1. GENERAL AND WESTERN AFFAIRS
South Korea economic talks with Britain South Korea and the United Kingdom will hold the fifth bilateral policy consultations on economic and trade affairs, from 5th to 6th December in London, the Foreign Ministry announced on 4th December. The Ministry said the talks would focus on trade promotion, the expansion of technical co- operation and joint advance into third countries.
A spokesman for the Ministry said that the Korean government will ask the United Kingdom to relax its import restrictions on Korean goods and to actively support Korea's retention of its benefits from the generalised system of preferences on the European market. (Yonhap in English 0504 gmt 4 Dec 84)
West German delegation in Burma
Dr Friedrich Voss, Parliamentary State Secretary, FRG Ministry of Finance, and a delegation arrived in Rangoon on 29th November. (Rangoon home service 1330 gmt 29 Nov 84)
Chinese trade delegation to Brussels A Chinese economic and trade delegation led by Jia Shi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, left Lisbon for Brussels on 3rd December after a four-day visit to Portugal. (Xinhua in English 0209 gmt 4 Dec 84)
Chinese judge congratulated by Zhao Premier Zhao Ziyang has congratulated Professor Ni Zhengyu, the first Chinese judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice. (Xinhua in English 1440 gmt 30 Nov 84)
Reagan message to joint US-Taiwan economic council In a letter to the eighth conference of the council, President Reagan has expressed his confidence that the US economic relationship with the Republic of China will continue to improve, and that his "long standing friendship and deep concern remain standfast and unchanged". (CNA in English 0317 gmt 4 Dec 84)
PRK-Cuba economic protocol A protocol on economic, scientific and technical co- operation for 1985-86 between the PRK and the Republic of Cuba was concluded in Havana on 29th November. (SPK in English 1129 gmt 2 Dec 84)
Lao propaganda delegation to Cuba Sopha Khotphouthon, Deputy Head of the Propa- ganda and Training Board of the Party Central Committee, led his delegation to Cuba on 28th November to attend a conference of the fraternal parties on ideology and inter- national issues in Havana from 5th to 7th December. (KPL in English 0932 gmt 29 Nov 84)
[Note: Section Al was last published in FE/7815.]
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