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(A) QUOTE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP UNQUOTE OF NATO
(B) RELATIONS WITH LUSOPHONE AFRICAN COUNTRIES WOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY, INCLUDING QUOTE EXCLUSIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENTS UNQUOTE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF MUTUAL BENEFITS IN THE AREA OF COOPERATION.
(C) THE AGREEMENT WITH CHINA ON MACAO WOULD BE PUT BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY FOR URGENT RATIFICATION.
(D) QUOTE REALISTIC SOLUTION UNQUOTE WOULD BE SOUGHT FOR THE PROBLEM OF EAST TIMOR. SUCH SOLUTIONS SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EVOLUTION OF THE SUBJECT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AND SALVAGE PORTUGAL'S DIGNITY.
(E) CAVACO SPOKE AT LENGHT ABOUT PORTUGAL'S NEW ROLE AS AN EC STATE, AND OF THE NEED TO RAISE STANDARDS OF LIVING HERE TO THOSE EXISTING IN OTHER EC COUNTRIES. THE RATIFICATION OF THE CAP WAS INDISPENSABLE, AS WAS THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE EC BUDGET, WITH INCREASED OWN RESOURCES, WHICH SHOULD BE FINANCED ACCORDING TO THE RELATIVE PROSPERITY OF MEMBER STATES: QUOTE ADEQUATE UNQUOTE STRUCTURAL FUNDS SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BACKWARD REGIONS: THE COMPLETION OF THE INTERNAL MARKET MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASED COHESION.
(F) A LENGTHY PERORATION ABOUT THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES, THE CELEBRATIONS OF WHICH WERE BEING PREPARED JOINTLY WITH BRAZIL.
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