TNAG-1530-FCO40-2094-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 102

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HUK SBB3/3 RECEIVE

FM JAKARTA.

TO IMMEDIATE FCO LONDON

TELNO 447

INDL

OF 21101OZ OCTOBER 36

V

12 NOV 1986

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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BURSSELS, EC POSTS, ASEAN POSTS, (.8' 33,3-- INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, TOKYO

MY 3 IPTS

EC/ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING, JAKARTA 20/21 OCTOBER 1986:

FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF JOINT DECLARATION

BEGINS

1.

THE MINISTERS HAD A FULL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND

FOUND A WIDE DEGREE OF CONSENSUS. THEY REAFFIRMED THE NEED FOR

BOTH SIDES TO CONTINUE TO COOPERATE AND CONSULT EACH OTHER ON

MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST. THE DISCUSSIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE

ATMOSPHERE OF FRIENDLINESS AND UNDERSTANDING WHICH HAS BECOME

THE HALLMARK OF EC-ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETINGS. THE EC MINISTERS

EXPRESSED THEIR SINCERE THANKS TO THEIR ASEAN HOSTS FOR THE

EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETING.

INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES

KAMPUCHEA

2.

THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR VIEW THAT THE VIETNAMESE

MILITARY OCCUPATION OF KAMPUCHEA CONTINUES TO BE AN OBSTACLE

TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. THEY AGREED TO CONTINUE

TO PROMOTE THE SEARCH FOR A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT TO THE CONFLICT

IN KAMPUCHEA IN ACCORDANCE EITH THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY

THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

KAMPUCHEA, WHICH CALL FOR THE TOTAL WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS, THE RIGHT OF THE KAMPUCHEAN PEOPLE TO DETERMING THEIR OWN DESTINY FREE FROM OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE, AND THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF KAMPUCHEA'S INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. THEY NOTED THAT VIETNAM HAD CONSISTENTLY

REJECTED PROPOSALS TO RESOLVE THE KAMPUCHEAN PROBLEM, INCLUDING

THE MARCH 1986 PROPOSAL OF THE COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA UNDER PRINCE SIHANOUK, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH PRINCIPLES ENDORSED BY THE UN, THE ICK AND ASEAN, CONTAIN CONSTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS FOR A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM'S OCCUPATION MADE A

MILITARY SOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE. AN EARLY SETTLEMENT WOULD MEET

THE CONCERNS OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS

CALLED ON VIETNAM TO BEGIN SERIOUS NEGOTIATION FOR THE WITHDRAWAL

OF ALL ITS FORCES FROM KAMPUCHEA. THEY FEAFFIRMED THAT NO

ASSISTENCE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO VIETNAM OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO

SUSTAIN AND ENCHANCE THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION OF KAMPUCHEA.

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