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OF 131617Z MAY 86.
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FRAME GENERAL
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL : 12/13 MAY 1986
EC/YUGOSLAVIA : CHERNOBYL
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1. IN RESPONSE TO YUGOSLAV REQUEST FOR AN URGENT MEETING TO
DISCUSS EC MEASURES AFTER CHERNOBYL PRESIDENCY WILL PROPOSE A
COOPERATION COUNCIL AT AMBASSADOR LEVEL ON 15 MAY.
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2. VAN EEKELEN (NETHERLANDS PRESIDENCY) SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE EC IN THE WAKE OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER, THE
YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER HAD REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING OF THE
EC/YUGOSLAVIA COOPERATION COUNCIL AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL. THE
PRESIDENCY PROPOSED TO OFFER A MEETING AT AMBASSADORAL LEVEL ON 15
MAY. IF THE YUGOSLAVS INSISTED ON MINISTERIAL LEVEL, THE PRESIDENCY
WOULD HAVE TO THINK AGAIN, BUT THAT COULD CLEARLY NOT TAKE PLACE SO
QUICKLY.
I ASKED HOW THE PRESIDENCY INTENDED TO HANDLE THE QUESTION OF
SUBSTANCE. THE UK HAD EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT YUGOSLAVIA COULD BE
DROPPED FROM THE LIST OF COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO THE IMPORT BAN AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. PROVISION HAD BEEN MADE FOR A REVIEW OF THE LIST AS
EARLY AS 20 MAY. WITHOUT APPEARING TO GIVE IN TO POLITICAL PRESSURE
THE EC NEEDED TO ACT TO PRESERVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH YUGOSLAVIA.
4. VAN EEKELEN SAID THAT SINCE YUGOSLAVIA WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY ON
THE LIST WITH WHICH THE EC HAD A COOPERATION AGREEMENT, IT COULD BE TREATED SEPARATELY WITHOUT CONCEDING A PRECEDENT. THE COMMISSION
SHOULD INDICATE WHETHER SUFFICIENT INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ON
RADIATION LEVELS IN YUGOSLAVIA TO JUSTIFY A REVIEW OF THE MEASURES.
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